When does exposure to agent X cause disease Y?

Autor: D. A. Edelman, W. A. A. Van Os
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Advances in Contraception. 8:57-65
ISSN: 1573-7195
0267-4874
DOI: 10.1007/bf01849350
Popis: The concept of 'cause' between exposure to agent X and the subsequent development of disease Y is reviewed briefly in terms of how it is used in experimental and clinical medicine, statistics and epidemiology, and in law. Some of the interrelationships of the definition of cause by these disciplines are considered.
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