Modelling of mortality data from a multi-centre study in Japan by means of Poisson regression with error in variables

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 501-507

  Jordan, Paul ^a   Brubacher, Dorothee ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^b   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ^b   Gey, K Fred ^c   Moser, Ulrich ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Death rates; Error in variables; Gibbs sampling; Lycopene; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERROR; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

BAYESIAN APPROACH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MODELLING APPROACH; MORTALITY RATE; POISSON REGRESSION; STOMACH CANCER;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030617646     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.501     Document Type: Article

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