title: From risk factors to explanation in public health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. mcdowell@uottawa.ca
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: McDowell
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012307:Risk Factors