Empirical evaluation of prediction intervals for cancer incidence

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Møller, Bjørn ^a   Weedon Fekjær, Harald ^a   Haldorsen, Tor ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDY; FORECASTING; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SCANDINAVIA; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 23244446825     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-5-21     Document Type: Article

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