Identification of natural direct effects when a confounder of the mediator is directly affected by exposure

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 282-291

  Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J ^a   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84894191691     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000054     Document Type: Article

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