Bayesian detection and modeling of spatial disease clustering

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 922-935

  Gangnon, Ronald E ^a   Clayton, Murray K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Disease clustering; Leukemia; Markov connected component field; Monte Carlo; Poisson; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAYESIAN DETECTION; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CLUSTERINGS; CONNECTED COMPONENT; DISEASE CLUSTERING; LEUKEMIA; MARKOV CONNECTED COMPONENT FIELD; MONTE CARLO; POISSON; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

DISEASES;

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKEMIA; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033859057     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00922.x     Document Type: Review

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