Confounding in the estimation of mediation effects

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3173-3186

  Li, Yan ^a   Bienias, Julia L ^b   Bennett, David A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Confounding factor; Direct effect; Indirect effect; Mediation

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS; DIRECT EFFECT; INDIRECT EFFECT; MEDIATION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 33846676125     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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