On the notion of causality in medicine: addressing Austin Bradford Hill and John L. Mackie
Almost 50 years ago appeared the seminal article by Austin Bradford Hill where he presented parameters for inferring causes from statistical associations, which became known as Hill’s causal criteria. This was a milestone for the renewal of the idea of cause in medicine. Our article revisits his con...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Archives of Clinical Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832014000200056&lng=en&tlng=en |