Mediation misgivings: ambiguous clinical and public health interpretations of natural direct and indirect effects

Recent methodological innovation is giving rise to an increasing number of applied papers in medical and epidemiological journals in which natural direct and indirect effects are estimated. However, there is a longstanding debate on whether such effects are relevant targets of inference in populatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of epidemiology 2014-10, Vol.43 (5), p.1656-1661
Hauptverfasser:	NAIMI, Ashley I, KAUFMAN, Jay S, MACLEHOSE, Richard F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Causality Epidemiology General aspects Humans Medical sciences Miscellaneous Models, Statistical Negotiating - methods Public Health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Statistics as Topic - methods Treatment Outcome
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