"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Causality" by people in Profiles.
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Natural disasters resulting from climate change: The impact of hurricanes and flooding on perinatal outcomes. Semin Perinatol. 2023 12; 47(8):151840.
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Resilience perspective on healthcare professionals' adaptations to changes and challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-synthesis. BMJ Open. 2023 09 20; 13(9):e071828.
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Causal?models and causal modelling in?obesity: foundations, methods and?evidence. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 10 23; 378(1888):20220227.
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Preface: causes of obesity, theories, conjectures and evidence. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 09 11; 378(1885):20220200.
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An Overview of Current Methods for Real-world Applications to Generalize or Transport Clinical Trial Findings to Target Populations of Interest. Epidemiology. 2023 09 01; 34(5):627-636.
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Randomization, design and analysis for interdependency in aging research: no person or mouse is an island. Nat Aging. 2022 12; 2(12):1101-1111.
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Measurement rigor is not a substitute for design rigor in causal inference: increased physical activity does cause (modest) weight loss. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 01; 47(1):3-4.
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A recurrent de novo splice site variant involving DNM1 exon 10a causes developmental and epileptic encephalopathy through a dominant-negative mechanism. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 12 01; 109(12):2253-2269.
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Frequency, Predictors, and Outcome of Seizures in Patients With Myelomeningocele: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. J Child Neurol. 2022 01; 37(1):80-88.
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Toward more rigorous and informative nutritional epidemiology: The rational space between dismissal and defense of the status quo. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2023; 63(18):3150-3167.