Estimation and inference for case-control studies with multiple non-gold standard exposure assessments: With an occupational health application

Biostatistics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-602

  Chu, Haitao ^a   Cole, Stephen R ^a   Wei, Ying ^b   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^a  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Gold standard; Missing data; Occupational exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ASBESTOS; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MESOTHELIOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74349108326     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxp015     Document Type: Article

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