A cautionary note on the use of Mendelian randomization to infer causation in observational epidemiology

  • Smith, George Davey
  • Ebrahim, Shah

  • 1Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK

    2Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

International Journal of Epidemiology 37(2):p 416-417, April 2008.
Copyright © International Epidemiological Association 2008. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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