Robust causal inference using directed acyclic graphs: the R package 'dagitty'.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2017-01-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1093/ije/dyw341PMID 28089956
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