Controlled Direct and Mediated Effects: Definition, Identification and Bounds

DOI10.1111/j.1467-9469.2010.00722.xzbMath1246.62223OpenAlexW1528349055WikidataQ34322010 ScholiaQ34322010MaRDI QIDQ2911683

Tyler J. Vanderweele

Publication date: 1 September 2012

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4193506

zbMATH Keywords

causal inferenceunmeasured confoundingindirect effectsdirect effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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