Characterization of a Weighted Quantile Score Approach for Highly Correlated Data in Risk Analysis Scenarios

In risk evaluation, the effect of mixtures of environmental chemicals on a common adverse outcome is of interest. However, due to the high dimensionality and inherent correlations among chemicals that occur together, the traditional methods (e.g. ordinary or logistic regression) are unsuitable. We e...

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Main Author: Carrico, Caroline
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3011
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4010&context=etd