Cox regression analysis in presence of collinearity: An application to assessment of health risks associated with occupational radiation exposure

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-350

  Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Kim, Mimi Y ^a   Shore, Roy E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collinearity; Cox proportional hazards model; Occupational exposure; Ridge regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548575438     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-007-9045-1     Document Type: Article

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