Inverse odds ratio-weighted estimation for causal mediation analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 4567-4580

  Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal mediation analysis; Double robustness; Inverse odds ratio weighted estimation; Natural direct and indirect effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSAL MEDIATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLY ROBUST ESTIMATION; INVERSE ODDS RATIO WEIGHTED ESTIMATION; NATURAL DIRECT EFFECT; NATURAL INDIRECT EFFECT; PARAMETRIC MEDIATION FORMULA; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84885421086     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5864     Document Type: Article

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