Update of the NIOSH life table analysis system: A person-years analysis program for the windows computing environment

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 915-924

  Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Raudabaugh, William M ^b   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Silver, Sharon R ^a   Spaeth, Steven ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^c   Petersen, Martin R ^a   Waters, Kathleen M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Adivo Ltd   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Epidemiologic methods; Occupational; Person years analysis; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LUNG TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955144195     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20999     Document Type: Article

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