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. 2018 Aug;108(8):e4.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304547.

A Clarification on Causal Questions: We Ask Them More Often Than We Realize

Katrina L Kezios  1 , Eleanor Hayes-Larson  1
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A Clarification on Causal Questions: We Ask Them More Often Than We Realize

Katrina L Kezios et al. Am J Public Health. 2018 Aug.
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