Policy-relevant proportions for direct effects

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-176

  Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

CONTROLLED DIRECT EFFECTS; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

CAUSALITY; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; HEALTH POLICY; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84871821541     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182781410     Document Type: Letter

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