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Biology — Causal DAG: Air Pollution & Asthma

Airway inflammation mediates the effect.

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Air pollution and asthmaEAir pollutionOChildhood asthmaIAirway inflammationUUrban livingADJUST FORSSocioeconomic statusADJUST FORExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Urban living` + `Socioeconomic status`.Adjust for `Urban living` + `Socioeconomic status` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on those blocks every backdoor path from `Air pollution` to `Childhood…

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title "Air pollution and asthma"
exposure E "Air pollution"
outcome O "Childhood asthma"
mediator I "Airway inflammation"
confounder U "Urban living"
confounder S "Socioeconomic status"
E -> I
I -> O
E -> O
U -> E
U -> O
S -> E
S -> O