Correlated biomarker measurement error: An important threat to inference in environmental epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-92

  Pollack, A Z ^a,b   Perkins, N J ^a   Mumford, S L ^a   Ye, A ^a   Schisterman, E F ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; cadmium; environmental epidemiology; lead; measurement error; reliability

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ANOVULATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD;

EID: 84871811890     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws209     Document Type: Article

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