Space-time models with time-dependent covariates for the analysis of the temporal lag between socioeconomic factors and lung cancer mortality

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1919-1932

  Dreassi, Emanuela ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Catelan, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Bayesian models; Latency time; Lung cancer; Material deprivation; Space time models; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STATISTICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 21044449636     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2063     Document Type: Article

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