Bias in population estimates of long-term exposure from short-term measurements of individual exposure

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-466

  Buck, Robert J ^a,d   Hammerstrom, Karen A ^b   Ryan, P Barry ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical distribution functions; Exposure assessment; Standard two stage estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; STANDARD TWO STAGE ESTIMATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031214411     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00886.x     Document Type: Article

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