Comparing regression methods for the two-stage clonal expansion model of carcinogenesis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 3333-3350

  Kaiser, J Christian ^a   Heidenreich, W F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Models of carcinogenesis; Poisson regression; Risk estimation

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MINER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 7744226378     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1620     Document Type: Article

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