Measurement error in environmental epidemiology and the shape of exposure-response curves

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 651-671

  Rhomberg, Lorenz R ^a   Chandalia, Juhi K ^a   Long, Christopher M ^a   Goodman, Julie E ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure; Exposure response; Measurement error; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79961224933     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2011.563420     Document Type: Review

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