Causal mediation analysis for longitudinal data with exogenous exposure

Biostatistics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 122-134

  Bind, M A C ^a   Vanderweele, T J ^a   Coull, B A ^a   Schwartz, J D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal mediation analysis; Generalized mixed effects model; Longitudinal data.

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AGING; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84959897629     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxv029     Document Type: Article

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