Accounting for outcome misclassification in estimates of the effect of occupational asbestos exposure on lung cancer death

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 641-647

  Edwards, Jessie K ^a   Cole, Stephen R ^a   Chu, Haitao ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Richardson, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Bias; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

ASBESTOS; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SAMPLING BIAS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME MISCLASSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXTILE WORKER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ASBESTOS; BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896708754     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt309     Document Type: Article

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