Use of pooled samples from the national health and nutrition examination survey

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 3269-3277

  Caudill, Samuel P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

2,2 ,4,4 ,5,5 hexachlorobiphenyl; Log normal; NHANES; Polychlorinated and polybrominated compounds; Pooled samples

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869086458     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5341     Document Type: Article

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