Comparing two counterfactual-outcome approaches in causal mediation analysis of a multicategorical exposure: An application for the estimation of the effect of maternal intake of inhaled corticosteroids doses on birthweight
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Although medical research frequently involves an exposure variable with three or more discrete levels, detailed presentations of mediation techniques for dealing with multicategorical (multilevel) exposures are sparse. In this paper, we study two causal mediat... ...