Imputation Strategies for the Estimation of Natural Direct and Indirect Effects

Epidemiologic Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-158

  Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a   Bekaert, Maarten ^a   Lange, Theis ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

causal inference; direct effect; imputation; indirect effect; mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015194874     PISSN: 21949263     EISSN: 2161962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/2161-962X.1014     Document Type: Article

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