A note on correlated errors in exposure and outcome in logistic regression

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-471

  Thoresen, Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Correlated errors; Logistic regression; Measurement error; Misclassification; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DISEASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEALTH STATUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VARIANCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS;

EID: 34547696801     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm107     Document Type: Article

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