Causal Inference

5. a model describing chronic diseases as resulting from multiple interacting factors
10. a cause involving the presence of a harmful exposure
11. the temperament associated with the humor black bile and described as "cold and dry"
12. a harmful outcome resulting from an exposure to an agent/cause
13. the field that studies the causes and patterns of health and disease in populations
14. something that truly leads to an effect in epidemiology
15. a cause involving the absence of a protective exposure

1. the process of determining whether an exposure truly causes a specific health outcome
2. the temperament associated with the phlegm and described as "cold and wet"
3. the ancient Greek physician that introduced the theory of the four humors
4. the old theory that disease was caused by inhaling foul or “bad air”
6. expresses the increase in the risk or the additional number of cases of illness that result or could result from exposure to this cause
7. the theory that microorganisms cause disease
8. the scientist who proposed four postulates for determining the causes of infectious diseases
9. the ratio showing how many times more likely an exposed group is to develop disease