Bayesian projections: What are the effects of excluding data from younger age groups?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 798-805

  Baker, A ^a   Bray, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Mortality; Neoplasms; Prediction; Projection

Indexed keywords

DISEASE;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 26444604028     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi273     Document Type: Article

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