Generalized Causal Mediation Analysis

Biometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1028-1038

  Albert, Jeffrey M ^a   Nelson, Suchitra ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copula; G computation algorithm; Generalized linear model; Path analysis; Potential outcome; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED GRAPHS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATION ALGORITHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPULA; COUNTERFACTUALS; G-COMPUTATION ALGORITHM; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; PATH ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENCE; ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOOTSTRAPPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DENTAL HEALTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953688493     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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