Comparison of statistical methods for assessing threshold limiting values in occupational epidemiology (Q1966026)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1409731
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Comparison of statistical methods for assessing threshold limiting values in occupational epidemiology
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1409731

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    Comparison of statistical methods for assessing threshold limiting values in occupational epidemiology (English)
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    2 March 2000
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    Different statistical methods are presented for the empirical determination of the threshold limiting value. These methods are compared in detail with respect to their behaviour in a concrete data analysis. The techniques are applied to study the relationship between dust concentration at the working place and chronic bronchitis.
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    generalized additive models
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    breakpoint
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    segmented regression
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