Correcting for exposure misclassification using survival analysis with a time-varying exposure

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 799-806

  Ahrens, Katherine ^a,b   Lash, Timothy L ^c,d   Louik, Carol ^a,b   Mitchell, Allen A ^a,b   Werler, Martha M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bias; Cox regression; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Survival analysis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84868207436     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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