Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology: Old and New Approaches

Neil Pearce¹, Jan P Vandenbroucke^{1

2

3}, Deborah A Lawlor^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
⁴ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
⁵ Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Neil Pearce et al. Epidemiology. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;30(3):311-316.

doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000987.

Neil Pearce¹, Jan P Vandenbroucke^{1

2

3}, Deborah A Lawlor^{1

4

5}

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
⁴ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
⁵ Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Comment in

Is the Smog Lifting?: Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology.
Flanders WD, Garber MD. Flanders WD, et al. Epidemiology. 2019 May;30(3):317-320. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000986. Epidemiology. 2019. PMID: 30789424 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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