A comparison of three methods of analysis for age-period-cohort models with application to incidence data on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-46

  Mcnally, Richard J Q ^a   Alexander, Freda E ^b   Staines, Anthony ^a   Cartwright, Raymond A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age period cohort models; Epidemiological methods; Identification problem; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Time trends; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STATISTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030969746     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.32     Document Type: Article

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