Bias correction by use of errors-in-variables regression models in studies with K-X-ray fluorescence bone lead measurements

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-20

  Lamadrid Figueroa, Héctor ^a   Téllez Rojo, Martha M ^a   Ángeles, Gustavo ^a,b   Hernández Ávila, Mauricio ^c   Hu, Howard ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Mexico Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors in variables model; KXRF; Lead; Measurement error; Simulations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD;

BIOMARKER; BONE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR CORRECTION; LEAD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; K X RAY FLUORESCENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEAD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 78751591440     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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