Assessment and indirect adjustment for confounding by smoking in cohort studies using relative hazards models

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 933-940

  Richardson, David B ^a,b   Laurier, Dominique ^b   Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^c   Tchetgen, Eric Tchetgen ^d   Cole, Stephen R ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; lung cancer; smoking

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION BALANCE; SMOKING; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDIRECT ADJUSTMENT; LUNG CANCER; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; URANIUM MINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

URANIUM;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URANIUM;

EID: 84911140507     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu211     Document Type: Article

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