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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0124-0064</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. salud pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-0064</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0124-00642017000300409</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/rsap.v19n3.66180</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Inferencia causal en epidemiología]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Causal inference in epidemiology]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Villamizar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Industrial de Santander  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bucaramanga ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>19</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>409</fpage>
<lpage>415</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-00642017000300409&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-00642017000300409&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-00642017000300409&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En este ensayo se revisa de manera breve el desenvolvimiento histórico de la definición de causa para comprender el desarrollo del pensamiento y de los modelos de causalidad. Posteriormente, se presentan los fundamentos teóricos que sustentan la identificación de relaciones causales y los modelos y métodos de análisis disponibles. Finalmente, se presentan algunas conclusiones respecto a las fortalezas y limitaciones que ofrece el análisis contrafactual en la identificación de relaciones causales en epidemiología social.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This essay makes a brief account of the historical development of epidemiology as a fundamental element for understanding the development of thought and causality models. Subsequently, the theoretical foundations that support the identification of causal relationships and the available models and methods of analysis are exposed, providing some examples of their application. Finally, the strengths and limitations of this epidemiological analysis during the identification of causal relationships are presented.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Epidemiología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[causalidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[modelos teóricos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[(fuente: DeCS, BIREME)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Epidemiology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[causality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[models]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[theoretical]]></kwd>
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