title: Special issue on causal inference.
abstract: We provide a brief editorial introduction to a special issue of The International Journal of Biostatistics dedicated to several papers presented at a workshop held at the Banff International Research Station, Canada, in May 2009.
authors.forename: Erica E M
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moodie
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stephens
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D015984:Causality; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D015233:Models, Statistical