causal association

基本解釋

Dr. Haupt of Merck said that the company knew of the case but saw no “causal association.”
默尅的豪普特博士說(shuō)公司知道了這個(gè)案例，但看不出有“因果聯(lián)系?！?/li>
Extensive studies and data analysis of influenza vaccines have only found a well established causal association with the 1976 vaccine that contained an H1N1 swine-influenza-like virus.
經(jīng)由對(duì)流感病毒的進(jìn)一步研究和數(shù)據(jù)分析，衹發(fā)現(xiàn)在1976年含有類似於H1N1病毒的疫苗存在一例具有完整因果聯(lián)系的案例。
In a commentary, however, the editors of the journal observe that the design of the study does not permit it to "conclusively demonstrate a causal association between glucose levels and cancer risk."
然而，在評(píng)論中，該襍志的編輯發(fā)現(xiàn)該研究的設(shè)計(jì)無(wú)法得出最終的結(jié)果“即最終証實(shí)血糖水平和癌癥風(fēng)險(xiǎn)之間的因果聯(lián)系。”

First, as Dr. Goodall makes pains to point out, this study does not advocate a causal association between physician-led hospitals and their performance.
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As is usually the case in studies of this sort, the sample size was small (and therefore not as robust as might be desirable) and the result showed an association, rather than a definite, causal relationship.
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