Testing for Poisson zero inflation in disease mapping

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 526-539

  Ugarte, M Dolores ^a   Ibanez B ^a   Militino, A F ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Parametric bootstrap test; Score test

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MAPPING; RISK PERCEPTION;

BRAIN CANCER; DISEASE MAPPING; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP; PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP TEST; POWER; RARE DISEASE; SCORE TEST; SMALL AREA;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 19644401224     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200310061     Document Type: Article

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