Multiple imputation of missing values in a cancer mortality analysis with estimated exposure dose

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 937-953

  Sartori, Nicola ^a   Salvan, Alberto ^b   Thomaseth, Karl ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Missing value; Multiple imputation; Proportional hazards model; Toxicokinetic model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TUMORS;

DIOXIN; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MISSING VALUE; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TOXICOKINETIC MODEL;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 18744367219     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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