An accurate substitution method for analyzing censored data

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-244

  Ganser, Gary H ^a   Hewett, Paul ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exposure Assessment Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77952312366     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459621003609713     Document Type: Article

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