Bradford Hill criteria

noun

A group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.

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nounBradford Hill criteria pl (normally plural, singular Bradford Hill criterion)

singular Bradford Hill criterion

  1. pluralplural normallyepidemiologyA group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.

    Synonyms: Hill criteria

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.

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Origin

Established by Austin Bradford Hill (1897–1991), English epidemiologist and statistician, in 1965.

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