The comparison of alternative smoothing methods for fitting non-linear exposure-response relationships with Cox models in a simulation study

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Govindarajulu, Usha S ^a   Malloy, Elizabeth J ^b   Ganguli, Bhaswati ^c   Spiegelman, Donna ^d   Eisen, Ellen A ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox model; Fractional polynomial; Natural spline; Penalized spline; Restricted cubic spline; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 62549164728     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1104     Document Type: Article

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