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Grant Number: 7R01CA076031-10 Interpret this number
Primary Investigator: Piegorsch, Walter
Organization: University Of Arizona
Project Title: Low-Dose Risk Bounds Via Simultaneous Confidence Bands
Fiscal Year: 2006


Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Quantifying environmental and other detrimental risks from exposure to hazardous agents is an important component in the process of risk evaluation and assessment. The primary goal of this project is to develop and study methods of simultaneous statistical inference for use in low-dose risk extrapolation. Application is directed to environmental and occupational risk assessment studies where human or animal data are used to set benchmark or other safe low-dose levels of a hazardous agent, but where study information is limited to high dose levels of the agent. Methods are emphasized for simultaneous upper confidence limits on predicted risk for proportion endpoints. From the simultaneous bounds, lower confidence limits on the benchmark dose (BMD) associated with a particular risk are calculated. An important feature of the simultaneous construction is that any inferences based on inverting the simultaneous confidence bounds apply automatically to inverse bounds on the BMD. The methodology extends previous results for simultaneous confidence bands to binomial and overdispersed proportion data under a series of link functions that describe the dose-response relationship. Consideration is also given to address model selection bias across the various link functions via computerized model adequacy appraisals. An evaluation phase of the project studies the small-sample operating characteristics of the methodology via Monte Carlo computer calculations. The new methods continue to fill existing gaps in low-dose risk extrapolation, and have application to the important problem of performing low-dose risk assessment with proportion data. World Wide Web software is constructed to allow the methods to be accessible to the widest possible corps of users.



Publications

Confidence Limits On One-stage Model Parameters In Benchmark Risk Assessment
Authors: Buckley B.E. , Piegorsch W.W. , West R.W. .
Source: Environmental And Ecological Statistics, 2009-03-01 00:00:00.0; 16(1), p. 53-62.
PMID: 20160851
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Bootstrap Methods For Simultaneous Benchmark Analysis With Quantal Response Data
Authors: West R.W. , Nitcheva D.K. , Piegorsch W.W. .
Source: Environmental And Ecological Statistics, 2009-03-01 00:00:00.0; 16(1), p. 63-73.
PMID: 20160852
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Simultaneous Confidence Bands For Abbott-adjusted Quantal Response Models
Authors: Buckley B.E. , Piegorsch W.W. .
Source: Statistical Methodology, 2008 May; 5(3), p. 209-219.
PMID: 19412325
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Communicating The Risks, And The Benefits, Of Nanotechnology
Authors: Piegorsch W.W. , Schuler E. .
Source: International Journal Of Risk Assessment And Management, 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0; 10(1-2), p. 57-69.
PMID: 19823594
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Benchmark Analysis For Quantifying Urban Vulnerability To Terrorist Incidents
Authors: Piegorsch W.W. , Cutter S.L. , Hardisty F. .
Source: Risk Analysis : An Official Publication Of The Society For Risk Analysis, 2007 Dec; 27(6), p. 1411-25.
PMID: 18093043
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On Use Of The Multistage Dose-response Model For Assessing Laboratory Animal Carcinogenicity
Authors: Nitcheva D.K. , Piegorsch W.W. , West R.W. .
Source: Regulatory Toxicology And Pharmacology : Rtp, 2007 Jul; 48(2), p. 135-47.
PMID: 17490794
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Benchmark Analysis: Shopping With Proper Confidence
Authors: Piegorsch,W.W. , West,R.W. .
Source: Risk Analysis : An Official Publication Of The Society For Risk Analysis, 2005 Aug; 25(4), p. 913-20.
PMID: 16268938
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Multiplicity-adjusted Inferences In Risk Assessment: Benchmark Analysis With Quantal Response Data
Authors: Nitcheva D.K. , Piegorsch W.W. , West R.W. , Kodell R.L. .
Source: Biometrics, 2005 Mar; 61(1), p. 277-86.
PMID: 15737104
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Simultaneous Confidence Bounds For Low-dose Risk Assessment With Nonquantal Data
Authors: Piegorsch W.W. , West R.W. , Pan W. , Kodell R.L. .
Source: Journal Of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2005; 15(1), p. 17-31.
PMID: 15702602
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Confidence Bands For Low-dose Risk Estimation With Quantal Response Data
Authors: Al-Saidy O.M. , Piegorsch W.W. , West R.W. , Nitcheva D.K. .
Source: Biometrics, 2003 Dec; 59(4), p. 1056-62.
PMID: 14969485
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On A Likelihood-based Goodness-of-fit Test Of The Beta-binomial Model
Authors: Garren S.T. , Smith R.L. , Piegorsch W.W. .
Source: Biometrics, 2000 Sep; 56(3), p. 947-50.
PMID: 10985242
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Estimation And Testing With Overdispersed Proportions Using The Beta-logistic Regression Model Of Heckman And Willis
Authors: Slaton T.L. , Piegorsch W.W. , Durham S.D. .
Source: Biometrics, 2000 Mar; 56(1), p. 125-33.
PMID: 10783786
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