A commentary on current practice in mediating variable analyses in behavioural nutrition and physical activity

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1182-1188

  Cerin, Ester ^a   MacKinnon, David P ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Logistic regression; Mediation models

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAT INTAKE; LOW FAT DIET; NOTE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 69149093299     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003649     Document Type: Note

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