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ecologic fallacy

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ecologic fallacy,
a false assumption that the presence of a pathogenic factor and a disease in a population can be accepted as proof that a particular individual is the cause of the disease.


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For example, the potential confounding due to the latency period and ecologic fallacy must be considered in interpretation.
Until such follow-up studies are conducted, conclusions regarding an association between residential proximity to ultramafic rocks and mesothelioma risk at the individual level-based on ecological data-must be interpreted with caution, to avoid an ecologic fallacy.
 
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