Lagging exposure information in cumulative exposure-response analyses

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1416-1422

  Richardson, David B ^a   Cole, Stephen R ^a   Chu, Haitao ^a   Langholz, Bryan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cohort studies; Latency; Neoplasms; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LAGGING EXPOSURE INFORMATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SIMULATION; TEXTILE WORKER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADON; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83755225717     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr260     Document Type: Article

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