A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies

Hopin Lee, Aidan G. Cashin, Sarah E. Lamb, Sally Hopewell, Stijn Vansteelandt, Tyler J. VanderWeele, David P. MacKinnon, Gemma Mansell, Gary S. Collins, Robert M. Golub, James H. McAuley, Unknown, A. Russell Localio, Ludo van Amelsvoort, Eliseo Guallar, Judith Rijnhart, Kimberley Goldsmith, Amanda J. Fairchild, Cara C. Lewis, Steven J. Kamper, Christopher M. Williams, Nicholas Henschke

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.14075
Published: 2021-09-21
Container: JAMA
Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)
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@article{allodium:10.1001/jama.2021.14075,
  title = {A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies},
  author = {Hopin Lee and Aidan G. Cashin and Sarah E. Lamb and Sally Hopewell and Stijn Vansteelandt and Tyler J. VanderWeele and David P. MacKinnon and Gemma Mansell and Gary S. Collins and Robert M. Golub and James H. McAuley and Unknown and A. Russell Localio and Ludo van Amelsvoort and Eliseo Guallar and Judith Rijnhart and Kimberley Goldsmith and Amanda J. Fairchild and Cara C. Lewis and Steven J. Kamper and Christopher M. Williams and Nicholas Henschke},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {JAMA},
  doi = {10.1001/jama.2021.14075},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.14075}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies
AU  - Hopin Lee
AU  - Aidan G. Cashin
AU  - Sarah E. Lamb
AU  - Sally Hopewell
AU  - Stijn Vansteelandt
AU  - Tyler J. VanderWeele
AU  - David P. MacKinnon
AU  - Gemma Mansell
AU  - Gary S. Collins
AU  - Robert M. Golub
AU  - James H. McAuley
AU  - Unknown
AU  - A. Russell Localio
AU  - Ludo van Amelsvoort
AU  - Eliseo Guallar
AU  - Judith Rijnhart
AU  - Kimberley Goldsmith
AU  - Amanda J. Fairchild
AU  - Cara C. Lewis
AU  - Steven J. Kamper
AU  - Christopher M. Williams
AU  - Nicholas Henschke
PY  - 2021
JO  - JAMA
DO  - 10.1001/jama.2021.14075
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.14075
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Lee, H., Cashin, A. G., Lamb, S. E., Hopewell, S., Vansteelandt, S., VanderWeele, T. J., MacKinnon, D. P., Mansell, G., Collins, G. S., Golub, R. M., McAuley, J. H., Unknown, Localio, A. R., Amelsvoort, L. V., Guallar, E., Rijnhart, J., Goldsmith, K., Fairchild, A. J., Lewis, C. C., Kamper, S. J., Williams, C. M., & Henschke, N. (2021). A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies. JAMA. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.14075

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