Collections and Lists
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Figure: Verified Predictions
Figure 3-10 illustrates the concept of using experience and knowledge to verify hypothesis' which can help to strengthen the case too.
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Step 1. Define the Case
This page provides an overview of Step 1, defining the case, including more detail of Step 1, examples and the expected output of Step 1, defining the case.
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Tips for Listing Candidate Causes
An overview for listing candidate causes
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Mechanistically Plausible Cause
This page explain how to derive and evaluate evidence as a plausible mechanism.
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Consistency of Evidence
This page shows how when the confidence in the argument for or against a candidate cause is increased even when many types of evidence consistently support or weaken it.
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Figures: Spatial/Temporal Co-occurrence
Figures 3-1a through Figure 3-3b illustrate the concept of Spatial/Temporal Co-occurrence
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Example Annotated Conceptual Model Diagram
Step 5 makes use of an annotated conceptual diagram, shown on this page, to complete the assessment.
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Figure: Explanation of Inconsistent Evidence
This page includes a more detailed explanation about the Figure 5-1 illustration from Volume 1.
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About Diagnosing Causes
This page is about how to diagnose causes and gives some examples to help risk assessors.
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Biological Assessment and Biocriteria
Step 5, identify probable cause, an overview, Weighing evidence for a candidate cause, Comparing evidence across causes, and Expected output of the causal assessment.
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About Scoring the Evidence
This page gives an overview about how to score the evidence when doing stressor identification.
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Figures: Causal Pathway
Figures 3-5a and Figure 3-5b illustrate the concept of the Causal Pathway type of evidence that support or refute the case.
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Listing Multiple Stressors as Candidate Causes
An overview, listing stressors as candidate causes
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Figure: Consistency of Evidence
Consistency of Evidence, Table 5-6
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Figure: Stressor-Response Relationships from Other Field Studies
Stressor-Response Relationships from Other Field Studies: Figure 4-1
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Figures: Manipulation of Exposure
Figures 3-7a and 3-7b illustrates the different outcomes when you remove or don't remove the impairment.
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About Eliminating Improbable Causes
Overview, details of eliminating improbable causes
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Causal Characteristics and Types of Evidence
Causal characteristics and the types of evidence that support them. Table 5-3, Table 5-4
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Standard List Example Developed by the States
A table containing a list of candidate causes used for stressor identification in Bogue Homo, Mississippi.
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Figure: Stressor-Response Relationships from Laboratory Studies
Figure 4-2 illustrates the concept of the type of evidence "Stressor-Response Relationships from Laboratory Studies"