Hume, Mill, Hill, and the Sui Generis Epidemiologic Approach to Causal Inference
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Hume, Mill, Hill, and the sui generis epidemiologic approach to causal inference.
The epidemiologic approach to causal inference (i.e., Hill's viewpoints) consists of evaluating potential causes from the following 2, noncumulative angles: 1) established results from comparative, observational, or experimental epidemiologic studies; and 2) reviews of nonepidemiologic evidence. It does not involve statements of statistical significance. The philosophical roots of Hill's viewpo...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt223