Commentary: Practical advantages of Bayesian analysis of epidemiologic data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1222-1226

  Dunson, D B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Epidemiologic methods; Hierarchical Bayes; Latent variable; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Posterior probability; Prior distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS;

EID: 0035876009     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.12.1222     Document Type: Article

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