Are Network-Based Interventions a Useful Antiobesity Strategy? An Application of Simulation Models for Causal Inference in Epidemiology
Abdulrahman M. El‐Sayed; Lars Seemann; Peter Scarborough; Sandro Galea · 2013 · American Journal of Epidemiology
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Abstract (excerpt)
Recent research suggests that social networks may present an avenue for intervention against obesity. By using a simulation model in which artificial individuals were nested in a social network, we assessed whether interventions targeting…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1093/aje/kws455