Causation, mediation and explanation

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1915-1922

  Pearce, Neil ^a,c   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICS;

EID: 85017154886     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw281     Document Type: Article

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