Effects of exposure measurement error when an exposure variable is constrained by a lower limit

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-363

  Richardson, David B ^a   Ciampi, Antonio ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Epidemiologic methods; Measurement error; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037442208     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf217     Document Type: Article

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