A cautionary tale: The characteristics of two-dimensional distributions and their effects on epidemiological studies employing an ecological design

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 1-25

  Berman, D Wayne ^a   Cox, Louis Anthony ^b   Popken, Douglas A ^b  

^a Aeolus Inc   (United States)

^b Cox Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Asbestos; Causality; Clustering; Demographics; Disease clustering; Environmental exposure; Exposure response modeling; Geostatistics; Mesothelioma; Proximity based exposure; Regression; Risk assessment; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CAUSAL MODELING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; ROCK; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84875958899     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2013.777688     Document Type: Review

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