Mendel’s laws, Mendelian randomization and causal inference in observational data: substantive and nomenclatural issues Article Swipe
George Davey Smith
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Michael V. Holmes
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Neil M Davies
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Shah Ebrahim
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· 2020
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00622-7
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· 2020
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00622-7
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