A case study in hierarchical modeling: Agriculture and prostate cancer in Iowa

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 435-445

  Desmond, Renée A ^b   Waterbor, John W ^c   Hallberg, George R ^a   Arani, Ramin B ^c  

^a Cadmus Group Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Environmental carcinogenesis; Epidemiological methods; Mixed model; Pesticides; Random coefficients; Variance components

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; UROLOGY;

CARCINOGENESES; CASE-STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; MIXED MODELING; PROSTATE CANCERS; RANDOM COEFFICIENTS; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

DISEASES;

EID: 0039254089     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200108)43:4<435::AID-BIMJ435>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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