Use of multiple assays subject to detection limits with regression modeling in assessing the relationship between exposure and outcome

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Albert, Paul S ^a   Harel, Ofer ^b   Perkins, Neil ^c   Browne, Richard ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; BIOMARKERS;

EID: 77953913895     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181ce9eed     Document Type: Article

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