Empirical and counterfactual conditions for sufficient cause interactions

Biometrika

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-61

  Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a   Robins, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Counterfactual; Interaction; Potential outcome; Risk difference; Sufficient cause; Synergism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249107661     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asm090     Document Type: Article

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