st: comparing coefficients

["Callie Burt: Kerry in '04" <callie@uga.edu>]

Statalisters,
   I realize this is an elementary question, but here it is 
anyway: How can I determine whether the addition of mediating 
variables significantly attentuates the variable in question 
(X) using nbreg and nested models?  Thanks, Callie 
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