"Causality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D015984
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.200 N06.850.490.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Multifactorial Causality- Multifactorial Causality
- Causalities, Multifactorial
- Causality, Multifactorial
- Multifactorial Causalities
Multiple Causation- Multiple Causation
- Causation, Multiple
- Causations, Multiple
- Multiple Causations
Reinforcing Factors- Reinforcing Factors
- Factor, Reinforcing
- Factors, Reinforcing
- Reinforcing Factor
Enabling Factors- Enabling Factors
- Enabling Factor
- Factor, Enabling
- Factors, Enabling
Predisposing Factors- Predisposing Factors
- Factor, Predisposing
- Factors, Predisposing
- Predisposing Factor
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 34 | 36 |
| 2018 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| 2021 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Causality" by people in Profiles.
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Association Between Mood Disorders and Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 10 01; 78(10):1079-1091.
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SARS-CoV-2 and the subsequent development of preeclampsia and preterm birth: evidence of a dose-response relationship supporting causality. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 12; 225(6):689-693.e1.
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Considerations for causality assessment of neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: from cerebral venous sinus thrombosis to functional neurological disorder. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 11; 92(11):1144-1151.
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Do patients with schizophrenia have higher infection and mortality rates due to COVID-19? A systematic review. Psychiatriki. 2021 Sep 20; 32(3):219-223.
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Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. J Autoimmun. 2021 09; 123:102710.
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Ulcus vulvae acutum and SARS-CoV-2: an aetiological role? J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2021 Oct; 35(10):e647-e649.
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Predicted and Observed Incidence of Thromboembolic Events among Koreans Vaccinated with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine. J Korean Med Sci. 2021 Jul 12; 36(27):e197.
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Mendelian randomization analysis provides causality of smoking on the expression of ACE2, a putative SARS-CoV-2 receptor. Elife. 2021 07 06; 10.
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Acute myocarditis after the second dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: Serendipity or atypical causal relationship? Anatol J Cardiol. 2021 07; 25(7):522-523.
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COVID-19 pandemic and population-level pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a living systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2021 Oct; 100(10):1756-1770.