Statistical methods for the analysis of left-censored variables

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lotz, Anne ^a   Kendzia, Benjamin ^a   Gawrych, Katarzyna ^a   Lehnert, Martin ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a  

^a INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Left censored variables; Limit of detection; Multiple imputation; Occupational exposure; Tobit regression; Welding

Indexed keywords

WELDING;

LEFT-CENSORED VARIABLES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOBIT REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84982934508     PISSN: 18608779     EISSN: 18609171     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3205/mibe000133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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