Author's reply: The role of potential outcomes thinking in assessing mediation and interaction

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1922-1926

  VanderWeele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BOOK; CAUSALITY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; THINKING;

HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 85017103719     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw280     Document Type: Article

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