Smoothing is soothing, and splines are fine

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 141-142

  Steenland, K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; NICKEL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLINE;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 14544286841     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.017194     Document Type: Editorial

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