A method to model season of birth as a surrogate environmental risk factor for disease

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-53

  Efird, Jimmy Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Susan Searles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Season of birth; Sinusoidal logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 41649109851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5010049     Document Type: Article

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