Causal modelling, mechanism, and probability in epidemiology

Causality in the Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kincaid, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effect size; Colliders; Conditioning; Directed acyclic graphs; Mechanisms; Mediating causes; Moderating causes; Probability; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051518121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574131.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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