Assessing the effect of intensity when exposure varies over time

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 505-513

  Vacek, Pamela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ASBESTOS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030889519     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970315)16:5<505::AID-SIM424>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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