Sensitivity analyses for ecological regression

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Wakefield, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding; Ecological fallacy; Spatial dependence; Spatial epidemiology; Within area variability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONFOUNDER; CONFOUNDING; ECOLOGICAL FALLACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; RELATIVE RISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYZES; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; WITHIN-AREA VARIABILITY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM;

ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECOLOGICAL REGRESSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037366606     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0420.00002     Document Type: Article

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