Causation, bias and confounding: a hitchhiker's guide to the epidemiological galaxy. Part 3: Principles of causality in epidemiological research: statistical stability, dose- and duration-response effects, internal and external consistency, analogy and biological plausibility
Open Access
- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
- Vol. 34 (4), 261-264
- https://doi.org/10.1783/147118908786000596
Abstract
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