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Comment
. 2016 Dec 1;45(6):1817-1829.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw227.

Commentary: The formal approach to quantitative causal inference in epidemiology: misguided or misrepresented?

Rhian M Daniel  1 , Bianca L De Stavola  1 , Stijn Vansteelandt  2
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Commentary: The formal approach to quantitative causal inference in epidemiology: misguided or misrepresented?

Rhian M Daniel et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Figure 1.
A casual DAG representing all the hypotheses discussed by KDS in relation to the effect of institutionalisation on pellagra infection.
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A casual DAG for the ‘birthweight paradox’.
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