Can the “Specificity” of an Association be Rehabilitated as a Basis for Supporting a Causal Hypothesis?

ArticlePlus Click on the links below to access all the ArticlePlus for this article. Please note that ArticlePlus files may launch a viewer application outside of your web browser. https://links.lww.com/EDE/A19 In 1964, the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service described several guidelines that they used when evaluating the scientific evidence regarding the possible etiologic role of cigarette smoking in the...