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Have Causal Claims About the Gut Microbiome Been Over‐Hyped?
Bioessays 40 (12):1800178 (2018)
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Graphical AbstractMicrobiome research attributes to whole microbiomes a causal role in the occurrence of different health outcomes. I argue, following some distinctions about causal relationships and explanations made within a philosophical account of causation, the “interventionist account,” that such claims need more scrutiny.Author's Profile
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