Causal mediation analysis in the context of clinical research

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 21, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Zhongheng ^a,b   Zheng, Cheng ^c   Kim, Chanmin ^d   Poucke, Sven Van ^e   Lin, Su ^f   Lan, Peng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^f FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Causal mediation analysis (CMA); Clinical research; Mediator; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDIATOR;

EID: 85006189450     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.11     Document Type: Article

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