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Role and limitations of epidemiology in establishing a causal association.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Dec 2004
Franco Eduardo L, Correa Pelayo, Santella Regina M, Wu Xifeng, Goodman Steven N, Petersen Gloria M
Abstract excerpt
Cancer risk assessment is one of the most visible and controversial endeavors of epidemiology. Epidemiologic approaches are among the most influential of all disciplines that inform policy decisions to reduce cancer risk. The adoption of epidemiologic reasoning to define causal criteria beyond the realm of mechanistic concepts of cause-effect relationships in disease etiology has placed greater reliance on...
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