Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:
- a. The presence of an association is indicative of a causal relationship.
- b. Time order is an essential attribute of a cause.
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- d. Sir Bradford Hill’s nine causal guidelines should be used as rigid criteria to establish causation.
- e. According to the sufficient component-causal model, blocking the action of a necessary cause will prevent all cases of a disease by all of its causal mechanisms.
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Source: Aschengrau and Seage (Chapter 15, Q5, pg. 415)
