An alternative test for trend in exposure-response analysis

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-15

  Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Benichou, Jacques ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Exposure scoring; Mantel extension test; Test for monotonic dose response; Test for trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0031963219     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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