Bayesian detection of clusters and discontinuities in disease maps

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-21

  Knorr Held, Leonhard ^a   Raßer, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer atlas; Clustering; Disease mapping; Oral cavity cancer; Relative risk; Reversible jump

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPPING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN DETECTION; CANCER ATLAS; CLUSTERINGS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; ORAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY CANCER; RELATIVE RISKS; REVERSIBLE JUMP;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOUTH CANCER; RISK FACTOR;

POECILIA SPHENOPS;

EID: 1642602502     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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