A Monte Carlo maximum likelihood method for estimating uncertainty arising from shared errors in exposures in epidemiological studies of nuclear workers

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-763

  Stayner, Leslie ^a   Vrijheid, Martine ^b   Cardis, Elisabeth ^b   Stram, Daniel O ^c   Deltour, Isabelle ^b   Gilbert, Stephen J ^d   Howe, Geoffrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; STATISTICS; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 38849177558     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0677.1     Document Type: Article

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