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Editorial

. 1991 Jan 15;133(2):101-2.

doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115848.

Associations are not effects

PMID: 1985440
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115848

Editorial

Associations are not effects

D B Petitti. Am J Epidemiol. 1991.

. 1991 Jan 15;133(2):101-2.

doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115848.

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PMID: 1985440
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115848

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Re: "Associations are not effects".
Savitz DA. Savitz DA. Am J Epidemiol. 1991 Aug 15;134(4):442-4. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116110. Am J Epidemiol. 1991. PMID: 1877605 No abstract available.

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