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Bias estimating the total effect of exposure of interest E on the outcome D as a function of the direct effect of the unmeasured intermediate (U) variable (βD) on the outcome D and the direct effect of the unmeasured intermediate (U) variable on another independent descendent (M) of U denoted by βM.
