"Causality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D015984
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.200 N06.850.490.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Multifactorial Causality- Multifactorial Causality
- Causalities, Multifactorial
- Causality, Multifactorial
- Multifactorial Causalities
Multiple Causation- Multiple Causation
- Causation, Multiple
- Causations, Multiple
- Multiple Causations
Reinforcing Factors- Reinforcing Factors
- Factor, Reinforcing
- Factors, Reinforcing
- Reinforcing Factor
Enabling Factors- Enabling Factors
- Enabling Factor
- Factor, Enabling
- Factors, Enabling
Predisposing Factors- Predisposing Factors
- Factor, Predisposing
- Factors, Predisposing
- Predisposing Factor
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Causality" by people in Profiles.
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Growth and Mortality Outcomes for Different Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Criteria in Children Ages 1-5 Years: A Causal Modeling Analysis. Epidemiology. 2016 Mar; 27(2):237-46.
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Regression discontinuity designs in epidemiology: causal inference without randomized trials. Epidemiology. 2014 Sep; 25(5):729-37.
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Is stroke a HIV-related neurologic manifestation? Expert Rev Neurother. 2008 Aug; 8(8):1247-53.
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Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study. Soc Sci Med. 2002 Nov; 55(9):1603-17.
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Pneumonia in the elderly. Med Clin North Am. 2001 Nov; 85(6):1441-59.
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Angiosarcomas--clinical profile, pathology and management. S Afr J Surg. 2000 May; 38(1):13-6.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia at an urban general hospital. J Infect. 1990 Jan; 20(1):21-31.