Letters to the editor: A critique of Bayesian methods for retrospective exposure assessment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-431

  Burstyn, Igor ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; WORKPLACE; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84929404644     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef058     Document Type: Letter

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