Bounds for pure direct effect

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 775-776

  Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J ^a   Phiri, Kelesitse ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE VARIABLE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE DIRECT EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

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

EID: 84905491567     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000154     Document Type: Letter

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