Understanding confounding and mediation

Evidence-Based Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 68-71

  Babyak, Michael A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 70349575428     PISSN: 13620347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.12.3.68     Document Type: Article

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