Differential exposure misclassification in case-control studies of environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-54

  Levois, Maurice ^a   Switzer, Paul ^b  

^a Environmental Health Resources   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response trend; Exposure misclassification; Recall bias; Sensitivity analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031963496     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00224-2     Document Type: Article

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