Accommodating measurements below a limit of detection: A novel application of cox regression

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1018-1024

  Dinse, Gregg E ^a   Jusko, Todd A ^a   Ho, Lindsey A ^a   Annam, Kaushik ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Miller, Frederick W ^a   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; 2,4,4 trichlorobiphenyl; hazard identification; limit of detection; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; nondetects; proportional hazards

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,4' TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMARKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DIOXIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; 2,4,4′-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; NONDETECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84897398140     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu017     Document Type: Article

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