Correcting for exposure misclassification using an alloyed gold standard

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 406-410

  Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

bias; biometry; epidemiologic methods; misclassification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 0030014924     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199607000-00011     Document Type: Article

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