Model specification and unmeasured confounders in partially ecologic analyses based on group proportions of exposed

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-190

  Björk, Jonas ^a,b   Strömberg, Ulf ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Epidemiologic method; Noise exposure; Sleeping disturbance; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 21244467461     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.868     Document Type: Article

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