Sensitivity analysis for direct and indirect effects in the presence of exposure-induced mediator-outcome confounders

Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a   Chiba, Yasutaka ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confounding; Direct and indirect effects; Mediation; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902951460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22820930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2427/9027     Document Type: Article

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