A semiparametric approach to risk assessment for quantitative outcomes

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 657-665

  Bosch, Ronald J ^a   Wypij, David ^a   Ryan, Louise M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmark dose; Excess risk; generalized estimating equations; semiparametric models; Wilcoxon rank sum test

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EFFECTIVE DOSE (ED); SEMIPARAMETRIC MODELS; WILCOXON RANK SUM TEST;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030266243     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb00815.x     Document Type: Article

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