This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Which of the following is not a criteria suggesting causality in non communicable diseases? 
Select and explain. 
A. Strength of association, B. Dose response relationship, C. Specificity of association, D. Lack of temporal association
D: Lack of temporal association
Answer: D: Lack of temporal association 
Explanation: Presence of temporal association forms a criterion for judging causality and not its lack or absence. Criteria for judging casuality in a non communicable disease includes temporal association, strength of association, specificity of association, consistency of association, biological plausibility and coherence of association. Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, By K. Park, 19th Edition, Pages 83-85