A Bayesian analysis of amalgam restorations in the Royal Air Force using the counting process approach with nested frailty effects

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 567-578

  Manda, Samuel O M ^a   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Tu, Yu Kang ^a   Blance, Andrew ^a   Mayhew, Martin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b James Hull Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOOTH ERUPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYES THEOREM; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29244486775     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280205sm419oa     Document Type: Article

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