Hierarchical regression for multiple comparisons in a case-control study of occupational risks for lung cancer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Corbin, Marine ^a,b   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^c   Merletti, Franco ^a   Peters, Susan ^c   Simonato, Lorenzo ^d   Steenland, Kyle ^e   Pearce, Neil ^b,f   Maule, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMELTER; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ASBESTOS; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84862219037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038944     Document Type: Article

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