Research
Bayesian bias adjustments of the lung cancer SMR in a cohort of German carbon black production workers
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* Corresponding author: Peter Morfeld peter.morfeld@evonik.com
1 Institute for Occupational Medicine of Cologne University/Germany
2 Institute for Occupational Epidemiology and Risk Assessment of Evonik Industries, Essen/Germany
3 Department of Biological Engeneering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston/USA
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010, 5:23 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-5-23
Published: 11 August 2010Additional files
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Glossary of key terms. Key terms of the Bayesian analysis and its implementation are explained.
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Derivation of the bias factor. The bias factor equation is explained in detail which is applied throughout in the analyses.
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R program code. R program for Bayesian bias adjustment of a potentially distorted SMR via Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation (Metropolis sampler).
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