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Comment
. 2019 Mar;34(3):223-224.
doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00501-w. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

The disjunctive cause criterion by VanderWeele: An easy solution to a complex problem?

Mohammad Arfan Ikram  1
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The disjunctive cause criterion by VanderWeele: An easy solution to a complex problem?

Mohammad Arfan Ikram. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Mar.
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Keywords: Causal inference; Confounder selection; Confounding; Etiology.

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  • Principles of confounder selection.
    VanderWeele TJ. VanderWeele TJ. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Mar;34(3):211-219. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00494-6. Epub 2019 Mar 6. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 30840181 Free PMC article.

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