Approaches to uncertainty in exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 149-163

  Spiegelman, Donna ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement error; Misclassification; Regression calibration; Validation study

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77952737660     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103720     Document Type: Review

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