Explanation in causal inference: Developments in mediation and interaction

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1904-1908

  VanderWeele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SESSILE SPECIES; SUBPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; BOOK; CAUSAL INFERENCE; CAUSALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PHILOSOPHY; PRINCIPAL STRATIFICATION APPROACH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURROGATE OUTCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

BOOKS; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEGOTIATING;

EID: 85017126721     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw277     Document Type: Article

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