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According to Hill's causal criteria, which consideration suggests that if different articles publish results in the same way, it gives evidence of a causal relationship?
According to Hill's causal criteria, which consideration suggests that if different articles publish results in the same way, it gives evidence of a causal relationship?
Which of the following is NOT one of Hill's causal criteria?
Which of the following is NOT one of Hill's causal criteria?
In epidemiological studies, what does bias refer to?
In epidemiological studies, what does bias refer to?
What does the absence of an association between a risk factor and a disease necessarily imply?
What does the absence of an association between a risk factor and a disease necessarily imply?
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Which consideration in Hill's causal criteria suggests that if we have temporality, we will never have a causal relationship between events?
Which consideration in Hill's causal criteria suggests that if we have temporality, we will never have a causal relationship between events?
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What does confounding in epidemiological studies refer to?
What does confounding in epidemiological studies refer to?
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What does the strength consideration in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
What does the strength consideration in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
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In epidemiological studies, what does chance refer to?
In epidemiological studies, what does chance refer to?
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What does specificity in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
What does specificity in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
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What does the biologic gradient consideration in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
What does the biologic gradient consideration in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
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What does coherence in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
What does coherence in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
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What does experimental evidence in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
What does experimental evidence in Hill's causal criteria refer to?
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Which model compares an exposed group of people to a fictional group unexposed to the key variable?
Which model compares an exposed group of people to a fictional group unexposed to the key variable?
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What is the number of new health-related events in a defined population within a specified period of time called?
What is the number of new health-related events in a defined population within a specified period of time called?
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What does prevalence in epidemiological variables refer to?
What does prevalence in epidemiological variables refer to?
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What is the relationship between prevalence, incidence, and duration of disease?
What is the relationship between prevalence, incidence, and duration of disease?
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What does incident time refer to in descriptive epidemiology?
What does incident time refer to in descriptive epidemiology?
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What does stable population refer to in epidemiology?
What does stable population refer to in epidemiology?
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What is the concept of population in epidemiology related to?
What is the concept of population in epidemiology related to?
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What does the causal web model imply?
What does the causal web model imply?
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What does the traditional causal model from the microbiological revolution era involve?
What does the traditional causal model from the microbiological revolution era involve?
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What does the counterfactual model aim to do?
What does the counterfactual model aim to do?
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What is the purpose of graphical models in epidemiology?
What is the purpose of graphical models in epidemiology?
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