It is true that epidemiological studies cannot identify cause and effect - they can only point to associations between a suspected causative factor and a health problem.

确实，流行病学不能鉴别出影响的起因—它们只能指出令人怀疑的病因与健康问题之间有相关性。

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Objective to identify the cause and transmission route of hepatitis a, to analyse the epidemic fac - tors and to evaluate the control effect.

目的查明甲肝暴发原因和传播途径，分析流行因素，评价控制效果。

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Identify process input variables and process output variables, and document their relationships through cause and effect diagrams, relational matrices, etc.

识别过程输入变量和输出变量，通过因果图、关系矩阵记录它们之间的关系。

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The aim was to discuss, identify different environmental problems in Maldives and Seychelles, and also to identify the cause, effect and different solutions for the identified problems.

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While the study did indeed identify a striking correlation, researchers were unclear what actually drove this cause-and-effect relationship, with skeptics pointing out that a number of factors may have caused this link which were uncontrolled for in the study.

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