Causality

"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.

MeSH information

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N05.715.350.200 N06.850.490.625
Concept/Terms	Causality Causality Causalities 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 Causation Causation Causations Enabling Factors Enabling Factors Enabling Factor Factor, Enabling Factors, Enabling Predisposing Factors Predisposing Factors Factor, Predisposing Factors, Predisposing Predisposing Factor

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Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Causality [N05.715.350.200]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Causality [N06.850.490.625]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Causality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Causality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 65 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	2	2
2005	0	2	2
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	4	4
2008	0	6	6
2009	1	6	7
2010	0	5	5
2011	0	2	2
2012	0	5	5
2013	0	2	2
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	5	5
2016	0	5	5
2017	0	5	5
2020	0	3	3
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2

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Karan D, Wick J, Dubey S, Kumar-Sinha C, Siddiqui J, Kunju LP, Iczkowski KA, Chinnaiyan AM. Reply to "Contextualizing racial associations in prostate cancer to expose structural causes". Cancer. 2024 02 15; 130(4):647-648.

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Clark JM, Garvey WT, Niswender KD, Schmidt AM, Ahima RS, Aleman JO, Battarbee AN, Beckman J, Bennett WL, Brown NJ, Chandler-Laney P, Cox N, Goldberg IJ, Habegger KM, Harper LM, Hasty AH, Hidalgo BA, Kim SF, Locher JL, Luther JM, Maruthur NM, Miller ER, Sevick MA, Wells Q. Obesity and Overweight: Probing Causes, Consequences, and Novel Therapeutic Approaches Through the American Heart Association's Strategically Focused Research Network. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 02 21; 12(4):e027693.

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Jazieh AR, Alkaiyat M, Abuelgasim KA, Ardah H. The trends of cancer patients' perceptions on the causes and risk factors of cancer over time. Saudi Med J. 2022 May; 43(5):479-485.

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Rajagopal K, Cheema FH, Omer S. Commentary: Heart failure and the problem of causality. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 07; 166(1):153-154.

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Vuille-Lessard ?, Montani M, Bosch J, Semmo N. Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. J Autoimmun. 2021 09; 123:102710.

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Kontopantelis E, Mamas MA, Deanfield J, Asaria M, Doran T. Excess mortality in England and Wales during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2021 03; 75(3):213-223.

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Wu J, Mamas MA, Mohamed MO, Kwok CS, Roebuck C, Humberstone B, Denwood T, Luescher T, de Belder MA, Deanfield JE, Gale CP. Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Heart. 2021 01; 107(2):113-119.

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Nussenbaum K, Cohen AO, Davis ZJ, Halpern DJ, Gureckis TM, Hartley CA. Causal Information-Seeking Strategies Change Across Childhood and Adolescence. Cogn Sci. 2020 09; 44(9):e12888.

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Weintraub WS, Yeh RW. Challenges of Assessing Therapeutic or Diagnostic Outcomes with Observational Data. Am J Med. 2018 02; 131(2):206-210.

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Ahmad MM, Kiani IA, Ammar KA, Ahmad MN, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Jain R, Tajik AJ. Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Is an Inherited Disease: A Contemporary Literature Review Based on Hill's Criteria of Specificity, Strength of Association, and Biological Coherence. Cardiol Rev. 2017 Nov/Dec; 25(6):268-278.

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