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Bradford Hill criteria

Bradford Hill criteria noun: a group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.

Noun

Bradford Hill criteria pl (normally plural, singular Bradford Hill criterion)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.
    Synonyms:
    Hill criteria

Synonyms of Bradford Hill criteria

Forms of Bradford Hill criteria

singularBradford Hill criterion

Origin of Bradford Hill criteria

Established by Austin Bradford Hill (1897–1991), English epidemiologist and statistician, in 1965.

Questions about Bradford Hill criteria

What does Bradford Hill criteria mean?
Bradford Hill criteria means a group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.
What part of speech is Bradford Hill criteria?
Bradford Hill criteria is a noun.

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