Two Surgeon General's reports on smoking and cancer: a historical investigation of the practice of causal inference

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The epidemiologic literature is replete with conceptual discussions about causal inference, but little is known about how the causal criteria are applied in public health practice. The criteria for causal inference in use today by ep...

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Main Authors: Weed Douglas L, Parascandola Mark, Dasgupta Abhijit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.ete-online.com/content/3/1/1