Bayesian methods for the cross-design synthesis of epidemiological and toxicological evidence

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-172

  Peters, Jaime L ^a   Rushton, Lesley ^a   Button, Alex J ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Mugglestone, Moira A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian models; Cross design synthesis; Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Sensitivity analyses; Systematic review; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844263568     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00476.x     Document Type: Review

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