The use of models in the estimation of disease epidemiology

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 622-628

  Kruijshaar, Michelle E ^a,b   Barendregt, Jan J ^a   Hoeymans, Nancy ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms epidemiology; Colorectal neoplasms epidemiology; Epidemiologic research design; Incidence; Models, Theoretical; Mortality; Neoplasms epidemiology; Prevalence; Prostatic neoplasms epidemiology; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036351356     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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