Poisson Regression with Change-Point Prior in the Modelling of Disease Risk around a Point Source

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 689-703

  Kokki, Esa ^a,b   Penttinen, Antti ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian smoothing; Disease mapping; Markov chain monte carlo; Partition model; Winbugs

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISEASES; INFORMATION USE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN SMOOTHING; DISEASE MAPPING; DISEASE RISKS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; PARTITION MODEL; POINT-SOURCES; RELATIVE RISKS; WINBUG;

ASBESTOS MINES;

EID: 0141860823     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200390042     Document Type: Article

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