Causal mediation analysis with a latent mediator

Health researchers are often interested in assessing the direct effect of a treatment or exposure on an outcome variable, as well as its indirect (or mediation) effect through an intermediate variable (or mediator). For an outcome following a nonlinear model, the mediation formula may be used to est...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biometrical journal 2016-05, Vol.58 (3), p.535-548
Hauptverfasser:	Albert, Jeffrey M., Geng, Cuiyu, Nelson, Suchitra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Dental Caries - epidemiology Economic models Educational Status Factor analysis Humans Likelihood Functions Measurement error Mediation Mediation formula Models, Statistical Monte Carlo EM algorithm Monte Carlo Method Nonlinear Dynamics Risk Factors Structural equations model
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