English Explanatory Dictionary

Bradford Hill criteria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Bradford Hill criteria Bradford Hill criterion

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Hill criteria
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