Comparison of statistical methods for assessing threshold limiting values in occupational epidemiology

Computational Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-264

  Küchenhoff, Helmut ^a   Ulm, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakpoint; Generalized additive model; Isotonic regression; Segmented regression; Threshold limiting value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040955276     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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