Empirical and parametric likelihood interval estimation for populations with many zero values: Application for assessing environmental chemical concentrations and reproductive health

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Kang, Le ^a   Vexler, Albert ^a   Tian, Lili ^a   Cooney, Maureen ^b   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALDRIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINDANE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953902304     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181d7eb68     Document Type: Article

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