A general approach to causal mediation analysis.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Psychological methods

• Publication date

  2010-12-01

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Medicine, Economics

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  DOI 10.1037/a0020761PMID 20954780
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