Variable selection on large case-crossover data: Application to a registry-based study of prescription drugs and road traffic crashes

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-151

  Avalos, Marta ^a,b   Orriols, Ludivine ^a,b   Pouyes, Hélène ^b,c   Grandvalet, Yves ^d   Thiessard, Frantz ^a,b   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Case only design; Injury; Multiple exposures; Paired data; Pharmacoepidemiology; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LAXATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PERIPHERAL VASODILATING AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CAR DRIVER; CASE CROSSOVER DESIGN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL INTAKE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CASE-ONLY DESIGN; INJURY; MULTIPLE EXPOSURES; PAIRED DATA; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; ROAD SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892887186     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3539     Document Type: Article

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