Challenges to Mediation Analysis From Experimental Designs

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Jon-Patrick Allem. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017.

. 2017 Sep 1;19(9):1120-1121.

doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw318.

¹ Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

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