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

Ring, Caroline L., et al. "Identifying populations sensitive to environmental chemicals by simulating toxicokinetic variability." Environment International 106 (2017): 105-118

httk documentation built on March 7, 2023, 7:26 p.m.