Can the “Specificity” of an Association be Rehabilitated as a Basis for Supporting a Causal Hypothesis?
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Epidemiology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 6-8
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001648-200201000-00003
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