Bayesian adjustment for exposure misclassification in case-control studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 994-1003

  Chu, Rong ^a,b   Gustafson, Paul ^b   Leb, Nhu ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Case control study; Exposure misclassification; Simulation extrapolation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950881237     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3829     Document Type: Article

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