Bounds on controlled direct effects under monotonic assumptions about mediators and confounders

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 628-637

  Chiba, Yasutaka ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Potential outcome; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

BINARY VARIABLES; CAUSAL INFERENCES; CONFOUNDER; LINEAR-PROGRAMMING; MONOTONICS; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; TOTAL EFFECT;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77958574652     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000051     Document Type: Article

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