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Causal web for chronic exposure to lead (reproduced with permission from [44], published by WHO, 2000). A causal web is a hierarchical cause-to-effect framework, categorizing three levels of risk factors: distal, proximal, and direct (physiological) causes. Distal causes operate through proximal, then direct causes on disease outcome.
