Flexible Meta-Regression to Assess the Shape of the Benzene–Leukemia Exposure–Response Curve
Author(s) -
Jelle Vlaanderen,
Lützen Portengen,
Nathaniel Rothman,
Qing Lan,
Hans Kromhout,
Roel Vermeulen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901127
Subject(s) - confidence interval , regression , regression analysis , relative risk , statistics , meta analysis , leukemia , medicine , linear regression , mathematics , oncology
Previous evaluations of the shape of the benzene-leukemia exposure-response curve (ERC) were based on a single set or on small sets of human occupational studies. Integrating evidence from all available studies that are of sufficient quality combined with flexible meta-regression models is likely to provide better insight into the functional relation between benzene exposure and risk of leukemia.
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