Bayesian methods for correcting misclassification: An example from birth defects epidemiology

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  MacLehose, Richard F ^a,g   Olshan, Andrew F ^b,c   Herring, Amy H ^b,c   Honein, Margaret A ^d   Shaw, Gary M ^e   Romitti, Paul A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^e March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRTH DEFECT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651085362     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31818ab3b0     Document Type: Article

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