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European Journal of Epidemiology
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology 3/2019

Open Access 01-03-2019 | COMMENTARY

The disjunctive cause criterion by VanderWeele: An easy solution to a complex problem?

Author: Mohammad Arfan Ikram

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 3/2019

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Epidemiology is a discipline that is often as simple in its basic theory as it is complicated in its practical translation. Many practitioners of epidemiology, while entirely at ease with reproducing the theoretical constructs, find it difficult to translate these into practical steps for their research. …
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Metadata
Title
The disjunctive cause criterion by VanderWeele: An easy solution to a complex problem?
Author
Mohammad Arfan Ikram
Publication date
01-03-2019
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00501-w

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