Estimating sample size for epidemiologic studies: The impact of ignoring exposure measurement uncertainty

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1375-1389

  Devine, Owen J ^a   Smith, James M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032581045     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980630)17:12<1375::AID-SIM857>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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