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Slot: causal_role

How strongly this exposure determines the disease. The strength axis paired with disease_effect, which carries the direction.

URI: dismech:slot/causal_role Alias: causal_role

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Environmental An environmental factor, exposure, or context relevant to disease no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range EnvironmentalCausalRoleEnum
Domain Of Environmental

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Comments

  • Answers "is this an environmental determinant" separately from "which way does it act". An exposure can be PREDISPOSES + RISK_FACTOR (alcohol and breast carcinoma) or TRIGGERS + NECESSARY (gluten and coeliac disease).

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self dismech:causal_role
native dismech:causal_role

LinkML Source

name: causal_role
description: How strongly this exposure determines the disease. The strength axis
  paired with disease_effect, which carries the direction.
comments:
- Answers "is this an environmental determinant" separately from "which way does it
  act". An exposure can be PREDISPOSES + RISK_FACTOR (alcohol and breast carcinoma)
  or TRIGGERS + NECESSARY (gluten and coeliac disease).
from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
rank: 1000
alias: causal_role
domain_of:
- Environmental
range: EnvironmentalCausalRoleEnum