Influence of interval censoring and bias on injury risk curve development

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 42-63

  Banglmaier, Richard F ^a,b   Wang, Lan ^a,c   Prasad, Priya ^a,d,e,f  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Ford   (United States)

^e SAE   (United States)

^f AIMBE Societies   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Censored data; Injury risk; Injury risk curves; Interval censoring; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIAS; CENSORED DATA; INJURY RISK; INJURY RISK CURVES; INTERVAL CENSORING;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 31144463624     PISSN: 02681900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmpt.2006.008273     Document Type: Article

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