Multilevel modelling of the geographical distributions of diseases

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-268

  Langford, Ian H ^a,b   Leyland, Alastair H ^c   Rasbash, Jon ^b   Goldstein, Harvey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Geographical epidemiology; Multilevel modelling; Random coefficient models; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0033248083     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00153     Document Type: Article

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