Difference between revisions of "Causal association"
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| − | '''Causal association is the presence or absence of a variable (e.g. [[smoking]]) is responsible for an increase or decrease in another variable (e.g. [[cancer]]). A change in exposure leads to a change in the outcome of interest.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#c</ref> | + | '''Causal association''' is the presence or absence of a variable (e.g. [[smoking]]) is responsible for an increase or decrease in another variable (e.g. [[cancer]]). A change in exposure leads to a change in the outcome of interest.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#c</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||