In Epidemiology, is it advisable to use a statistical test to identify mediators in a causal pathway? If yes, which tests do you propose?

Michael Osei Mireku @Michael-Mireku

08 August 2013 1 7K Report

Which statistical packages can help in this situation? Any knowledge on how to do that on STATA would be helpful.

Ehsan Mostafavi

This paper can help you to use STATA to solve your problem:

Hicks R, Tingley D. Causal mediation analysis. Stata Journal 2011;11(4):605.

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