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

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Causality".

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]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Causality".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Causality".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

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 14 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2010

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Minor Topic	Total
2006	2	2
2007	3	3
2008	2	2
2009	1	1
2010	4	4
2012	1	1
2017	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Causality" by people in Profiles.

Peters LA, Perrigoue J, Mortha A, Iuga A, Song WM, Neiman EM, Llewellyn SR, Di Narzo A, Kidd BA, Telesco SE, Zhao Y, Stojmirovic A, Sendecki J, Shameer K, Miotto R, Losic B, Shah H, Lee E, Wang M, Faith JJ, Kasarskis A, Brodmerkel C, Curran M, Das A, Friedman JR, Fukui Y, Humphrey MB, Iritani BM, Sibinga N, Tarrant TK, Argmann C, Hao K, Roussos P, Zhu J, Zhang B, Dobrin R, Mayer LF, Schadt EE. A functional genomics predictive network model identifies regulators of inflammatory bowel disease. Nat Genet. 2017 Oct; 49(10):1437-1449.

View in: PubMed
Bar-Ad V, Ohri N, Werner-Wasik M. Esophagitis, treatment-related toxicity in non-small cell lung cancer. Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2012 Feb; 7(1):31-5.

View in: PubMed
Gaieski DF, Goyal M. History and current trends in sudden cardiac arrest and resuscitation in adults. Hosp Pract (1995). 2010 Nov; 38(4):44-53.

View in: PubMed
Zarkou S, Dilli E, Dodick DW. 55-Year-old man with thunderclap headache. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Jul; 85(7):e44-7.

View in: PubMed
Zeni JA, Axe MJ, Snyder-Mackler L. Clinical predictors of elective total joint replacement in persons with end-stage knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010; 11:86.

View in: PubMed
Sabol VK, Resnick B, Galik E, Gruber-Baldini A, Morton PG, Hicks GE. Anemia and its impact on function in nursing home residents: what do we know? J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2010 Jan; 22(1):3-16.

View in: PubMed
McAllister EJ, Dhurandhar NV, Keith SW, Aronne LJ, Barger J, Baskin M, Benca RM, Biggio J, Boggiano MM, Eisenmann JC, Elobeid M, Fontaine KR, Gluckman P, Hanlon EC, Katzmarzyk P, Pietrobelli A, Redden DT, Ruden DM, Wang C, Waterland RA, Wright SM, Allison DB. Ten putative contributors to the obesity epidemic. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2009 Nov; 49(10):868-913.

View in: PubMed
Young W, Shaw J, Bloom M, Gebeline-Myers C. Correlation of increase in phosphene threshold with reduction of migraine frequency: observation of levetiracetam-treated subjects. Headache. 2008 Nov-Dec; 48(10):1490-8.

View in: PubMed
Pandey AS, Koebbe CJ, Liebman K, Rosenwasser RH, Veznedaroglu E. Low incidence of symptomatic strokes after carotid stenting without embolization protection devices for extracranial carotid stenosis: a single-institution retrospective review. Neurosurgery. 2008 Nov; 63(5):867-72; discussion 872-3.

View in: PubMed
Nagarakanti R, Whellan D, Rubin S, Mather PJ. Reversible cardiomyopathies. Cardiol Rev. 2007 Jul-Aug; 15(4):178-83.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals

The Thomas Jefferson University web site, its contents and programs, is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice nor is it intended to create any physician-patient relationship. Please remember that this information should not substitute for a visit or a consultation with a health care provider. The views or opinions expressed in the resources provided do not necessarily reflect those of Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, or the Jefferson Health System or staff.
Please read our Privacy Statement