Sharp sensitivity bounds for mediation under unmeasured mediator-outcome confounding

Biometrika

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 483-490

  Ding, Peng ^a   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounding factor; Causal inference; Collider; Natural direct effect; Natural indirect effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975157098     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asw012     Document Type: Article

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