title: Commentary: Incorporating concepts and methods from causal inference into life course epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: LSHTM Centre for Statistical Methodology and Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK bianca.destavola@lshtm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Bianca L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: De Stavola
authors.affiliation: LSHTM Centre for Statistical Methodology and Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK bianca.destavola@lshtm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Rhian M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Daniel