Response to Vanyukov: Why causality is a valid question for the gateway hypothesis

Zoe E. Reed, Robyn E. Wootton, Marcus R. Munafò

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1175-1176
Number of pages2
JournalAddiction
Volume117
Issue number4
Early online date30 Nov 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Apr 2022

Funding

National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at the University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol. South-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Grant Number: 2020024 Department of Health National Institute for Health Research University of Bristol University Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre Medical Research Council. Grant Number: MC_UU_00011/7 Public Health England

Keywords

  • Alcohol consumption
  • causal inference
  • gateway hypothesis
  • Mendelian randomisation
  • smoking initiation
  • substance use

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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