The<unk> , otherwise known as<unk> 's criteria for causation, are a group of nine principles that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect and have been widely used in public health research. They were established in 1965 by the English epidemiologist Sir Austin<unk> <unk> . In 1996, Fredricks and Relman remarked on<unk> 's criteria in their seminal paper on microbial pathogenesis.
Bradford Hill criteria
Spiegelberg criteria
Millard criteria
Prati criteria
Beers criteria
Poser criteria
Krenning score
Ranson criteria