Bayesian accelerated failure time analysis with application to veterinary epidemiology

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-237

  Bedrick, Edward J ^a   Christensen, Ronald ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0034731825     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(20000130)19:2<221::AID-SIM328>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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