age_draw_smooth: Draws ages from a smoothed distribution for a given...

In httk: High-Throughput Toxicokinetics

Draws ages from a smoothed distribution for a given gender/race combination

Description

This function should usually not be called directly by the user. It is used by httkpop_generate() in "virtual-individuals" mode.

Usage

age_draw_smooth(gender, reth, nsamp, agelim_months, nhanes_mec_svy)

Arguments

gender	Gender. Either 'Male' or 'Female'.
reth	Race/ethnicity. One of 'Mexican American', 'Other Hispanic', 'Non-Hispanic Black', 'Non-Hispanic White', 'Other'.
nsamp	Number of ages to draw.
agelim_months	Two-element numeric vector giving the minimum and maximum ages in months to include.
nhanes_mec_svy	surveydesign object created from mecdt using svydesign (this is done in httkpop_generate)

Value

A named list with members 'ages_months' and 'ages_years', each numeric of length nsamp, giving the sampled ages in months and years.

Author(s)

Caroline Ring

References

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