Modeling smoking history: A comparison of different approaches

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 813-823

  Leffondré, Karen ^a,b   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^a,b   Siemiatycki, Jack ^c,d   Rachet, Bernard ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Multicollinearity; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasms; Proportional hazard; Smoking; Time dependent covariate

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING;

EID: 0036839663     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf122     Document Type: Article

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