Inference for influence over multiple degrees of separation on a social network

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-596

  Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion; Direct effects; Homophily; Sensitivity analysis; Social influence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONTAGION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DEGREES OF INFLUENCE RULE;

BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84872763554     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5653     Document Type: Note

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