Important considerations in conducting statistical mediation analyses

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-396

  Morera, Osvaldo F ^a   Castro, Felipe González ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874029444     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301047     Document Type: Article

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