‘Seeking Causal Explanations in Social Epidemiology’ – Reply

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Kaufman, Jay S. & Cooper, Richard S. (2000). 'Seeking Causal Explanations in Social Epidemiology' - Reply. American Journal of Epidemiology, 151(8), 832-833.

Abstract

While we acknowledge the importance of the issues raised by Krieger and Davey Smith (1), they seem to us only tangential to the focus of our recent article (2). The statistical concept of "exchangeability" we were discussing (3) is unrelated to the idea of universal human rights; in fact, conflating the two risks obfuscation. We argued that the standard method of analysis used for racial comparisons in etiologic studies is logically flawed and often serves to reinforce racist explanations of health differentials

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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010284

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Journal Article

Year Published

2000

Journal Title

American Journal of Epidemiology

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Kaufman, Jay S.
Cooper, Richard S.