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ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2016

Explanation in causal inference: developments in mediation and interaction.

Tyler J VanderWeele

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Article in International journal of epidemiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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107citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Causal inference in the diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer: current state and future directions.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  4. Associations between the built environment and obesity: an umbrella review.International journal of health geographics · 2021
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  18. Risk of congenital anomalies among infants of patients with endometriosis: a population-based cohort study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Tyler J VanderWeele

Funding

Theory and methods for sufficient cause interactionsR01ES017876 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI VANDERWEELE, TYLER · 2010 to 2014
$1.2M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES017876
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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CausalityModels, StatisticalNegotiatingBooksHumans

Identifiers

PMID27864406
PMCPMC6373498

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