Article Title
The Swine Flu Vaccine and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Study in Relative Risk and Specific Causation
Abstract
This article discusses the role of epidemiologic evidence in toxic tort cases, focusing on relative risk. Whether specific causation can be inferred if a relative risk is above 2.0 is discussed. The object is to explore the scientific logic behind intuitions of relative risk.
Citation
David A. Freedman & Philip B. Stark,
The Swine Flu Vaccine and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Study in Relative Risk and Specific Causation,
64 Law and Contemporary Problems
49-64
(Fall 2001)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol64/iss4/3