Attenuation in risk estimates in logistic and cox proportional-hazards models due to group-based exposure assessment strategy

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-635

  Kim, Hyang Mi ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Berkson type error structure; Between and within worker variability; Bias; Ecological variable; Epidemiology; Homogenous error

Indexed keywords

BERKSON TYPE ERROR STRUCTURE; BETWEEN AND WITHIN-WORKER VARIABILITY; BIAS; ECOLOGICAL VARIABLE; HOMOGENOUS ERROR; APPROXIMATE EQUATION; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; ECOLOGICAL VARIABLES; OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIES; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; TYPE ERRORS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; DISEASES; HAZARDS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BERKSON ERROR MODEL; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 33749579411     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel021     Document Type: Article

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