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The epidemiologic thinking process follows specific steps to identify the possible types of error. If a study detects a relationship between exposure and health-related event, the following explanations are possible. First, the study results are wrong. Second, the study results are true but the apparent relationship is not true and the exposure is not the underlying cause of the health- related event. Third, the results are true and the exposure could be the true underlying cause of the health related event.