Journal article
Legal and Scientific Probability of Causation of Cancer and Other Environmental Disease in Individuals
Abstract
How to evaluate and apply probabilistic scientific evidence that cancer (or other diseases) have been caused by chemical substances (or other environmental agents) constitutes a critical problem which must be addressed by legal institutions. This article analyzes the basis of the current scientific concepts of causation and the means of incorporating epidemiological and statistical evidence of causation into the legal process, primarily with …
Authors
Brennan TA; Carter RF
Journal
Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 33–80
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publication Date
February 1, 1985
DOI
10.1215/03616878-10-1-33
ISSN
0361-6878