assigncancer {poplab}R Documentation

Assign incident disease (cancer)

Description

Not intended to be called directly.

Usage

assigncancer(ped, inc, risk, yr, sex, type, fam.rel) 

Arguments

ped an object storing pedigree information
inc an object specifying population (age-specific) incidence rates for the simulated year
risk multiplication value of the population incidence rates
yr year for which to assign incident disease
sex 1/2 values - gender specification (1 = males, 2 = females)
type familial model of disease aggregation to choose from ("rr", "or", "agesprr", "agespor")
fam.rel familial relationship of disease aggregation to choose from

[Package poplab version 1.0.2 Index]