Causal Variance Decompositions for Measuring Health Inequalities

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Main Authors:	Yu, Lin, Liu, Zhihui, Han, Kathy, Saarela, Olli
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Methodology
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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