Epidemiology In Practise 0.0 / 5 ? MedicineEpidemiology in PractiseUniversityAll boards Created by: Frankii WatsonCreated on: 19-03-17 12:46 365421 Across 1. A casue and effect interpretation (9) 5. For a risk to be the cause of the disease it must precede the disease (8, 12) 6. The association is more likely to be casual if consistent with prior knowledge, but whether this is plausible may reflect on the lack of scientific knowledge (12) Down 2. Mixing of effects between exposure, the disease and a third factor (11) 3. Statistical dependence between two variables (i.e. how much higher/lower the risk of disease is higher or lower with an exposure compared to no exposure) (11) 4. If a particular exposure increases the risk of a certain disease but not the risk of other diseases then it is specific. However, one-to-one relationships are rare (11)
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