Estimating the distribution of lag in the effect of short-term exposures and interventions: Adaptation of a non-parametric regression spline model

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2335-2363

  Rachet, B ^a,b   Abrahamowicz, M ^a,c,d   Sasco, A J ^a   Siemiatycki, J ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cox model; Lag period; Non parametric modelling; Smoking cessation; Splines; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMETRY; CANADA; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041669601     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1432     Document Type: Article

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