Robins J M
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Epidemiology. 2001 May;12(3):313-20. doi: 10.1097/00001648-200105000-00011.
I use two examples to demonstrate that an appropriate etiologic analysis of an epidemiologic study depends as much on study design and background subject-matter knowledge as on the data. The demonstration is facilitated by the use of causal graphs.
我用两个例子来说明,流行病学研究中恰当的病因分析,与研究设计、背景主题知识以及数据都密切相关。因果图有助于进行这一说明。