Let's Require the "T-Word"

Affiliations

¹ Heidi E. Jones is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, City University of New York School of Public Health, New York, NY. C. Mary Schooling is with the Department of Environmental, Occupational and Geospatial Health Sciences, City University of New York School of Public Health.

Comment

Heidi E Jones et al. Am J Public Health. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;108(5):624.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304365.

¹ Heidi E. Jones is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, City University of New York School of Public Health, New York, NY. C. Mary Schooling is with the Department of Environmental, Occupational and Geospatial Health Sciences, City University of New York School of Public Health.

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The C-Word: Scientific Euphemisms Do Not Improve Causal Inference From Observational Data.
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