To the Problems of Causality in Medicine: The Case of Viruses and TumorsI. General Principles of Causal Studies in Medicine
Authors:
V. Vonka
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav hematologie a krevní transfuze, Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2004; : 409-413
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Overview
Clarification of the aetiology of chronic human diseases such as atherosclerosis or cancer is one of the dominanttopics in the contemporary medical research. It is believed that identification of the causal factors will enable moreefficient prevention and diagnosis of these diseases and, in some instances, also permit more effective therapy. Thetask is difficult because of the multistep and multifactorial origin of these diseases. In this paper the author attemptsto review the present methodological approaches to aetiological studies of chronic diseases and discusses the roleof criteria for identifying causal relationships.
Key words:
causality in medicine, chronic diseases.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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