"Causality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D015984
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.200 N06.850.490.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Multifactorial Causality- Multifactorial Causality
- Causalities, Multifactorial
- Causality, Multifactorial
- Multifactorial Causalities
Multiple Causation- Multiple Causation
- Causation, Multiple
- Causations, Multiple
- Multiple Causations
Reinforcing Factors- Reinforcing Factors
- Factor, Reinforcing
- Factors, Reinforcing
- Reinforcing Factor
Enabling Factors- Enabling Factors
- Enabling Factor
- Factor, Enabling
- Factors, Enabling
Predisposing Factors- Predisposing Factors
- Factor, Predisposing
- Factors, Predisposing
- Predisposing Factor
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| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Causality" by people in Profiles.
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Pervasive Sharing of Causal Genetic Risk Factors Contributes to Clinical and Molecular Overlap between Sj?gren's Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 22; 24(19).
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A Method to Create Directed Acyclic Graphs from Cycles of Transmission of Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Infectious Agents. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2023 Mar; 23(3):129-135.
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Response to Vanyukov: Why causality is a valid question for the gateway hypothesis. Addiction. 2022 04; 117(4):1175-1176.
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The Effects of Reverse Causality and Selective Attrition on the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 10 01; 188(10):1838-1848.
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A functional genomics predictive network model identifies regulators of inflammatory bowel disease. Nat Genet. 2017 Oct; 49(10):1437-1449.
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Assessing the causal role of adiposity on disordered eating in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Sep; 106(3):764-772.
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Diversity and severity of adverse reactions to quinine: A systematic review. Am J Hematol. 2016 May; 91(5):461-6.
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[Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy in victims from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with administration of contrast agent]. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2016 Mar; 27(1):6-14.
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Association between gene expression biomarkers of immunosuppression and blood transfusion in severely injured polytrauma patients. Ann Surg. 2015 Apr; 261(4):751-9.
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A comparison of coronary CTA and stress testing using high-efficiency SPECT MPI for the evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department. J Nucl Cardiol. 2014 Apr; 21(2):305-18.