age_draw_smooth {httk}

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 CL, Pearce RG, Setzer RW, Wetmore BA, Wambaugh JF (2017). “Identifying populations sensitive to environmental chemicals by simulating toxicokinetic variability.” Environment International, 106, 105–118.