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Sensitivity analysis for mistakenly adjusting for mediators in estimating total effect in observational studies

OBJECTIVES: In observational studies, epidemiologists often attempt to estimate the total effect of an exposure on an outcome of interest. However, when the underlying diagram is unknown and limited knowledge is available, dissecting bias performances is essential to estimating the total effect of a...

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Autores principales: Wang, Tingting, Li, Hongkai, Su, Ping, Yu, Yuanyuan, Sun, Xiaoru, Liu, Yi, Yuan, Zhongshang, Xue, Fuzhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5719285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015640