Linear regression with an independent variable subject to a detection limit

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Nie, Lei ^a   Chu, Haitao ^b   Liu, Chenglong ^c   Cole, Stephen R ^b   Vexler, Albert ^d   Schisterman, Enrique F ^e  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953878539     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181ce97d8     Document Type: Article

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