Effect of exposure misclassification on the mean squared error of population attributable risk and prevented fraction estimates

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 4833-4842

  Walter, S D ^a   Hsieh, C C ^b   Liu, Qin ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Exposure misclassification; Mean squared error; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; VARIANCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648961325     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3012     Document Type: Article

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