title: Causal thinking and causal language in epidemiology: a cause by any other name is still a cause: response to Lipton and Ødegaard.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. clarence.tam@lshtm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Clarence C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tam