Body weight distributions for risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-26

  Portier, Kenneth ^a   Keith Tolson, J ^b   Roberts, Stephen M ^c  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight distributions; NHANES; Nonlinear mean trends; Probabilistic risk assessment; Smoothed time series

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BODY WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; NHANES; NONLINEAR MEAN TRENDS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOOTHED TIME SERIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY MASS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SMOOTHING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947140833     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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