Response: Formalism or pluralism? A reply to commentaries on 'Causality and causal inference in epidemiology'.

Int J Epidemiol

Department of Medical Statistics and Centre for Global NCDs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK and Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.

Published: December 2016

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