title: Special issue on causal inference in health research.
abstract: We provide a brief editorial introduction to a special issue of The International Journal of Biostatistics dedicated to some of the papers presented at a workshop held at the Centre de recherches mathématiques in Montreal, Québec, in May 2011.
authors.forename: Erica E M
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moodie
authors.forename: Jay S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Platt
mesh_terms: D056808:Biostatistics; D015984:Causality; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans