causal

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However, in closing submissions to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry the health board said it was likely there was a "causal connection" between infections suffered by patients and "the hospital environment, in particular the water system".

From BBC

On its website, the FDA says "a causal relationship" between the drug and neurological conditions "has not been established".

From BBC

Proving a causal link between smoking and the patients' diseases would require additional evidence showing that other risk factors, such as lifestyle and other health conditions, were not present, it added.

From Barron's

Others including OpenAI say the jury is out on how much of a causal role AI plays and whether those affected would have suffered mental illness anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Analysis suggests that increase in pollution levels was associated with increase in number of patients attending emergency rooms. However, this study design cannot provide confirmation that the association is causal," the government told parliament.

From BBC