title: Statistical association and causation: contributions of different types of evidence.
authors.affiliation: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, USA. chenneke@fau.edu
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hennekens
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: DeMets
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D015984:Causality; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D019370:Observation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic