Multiple cancer sites incidence rates estimation using a multivariate Bayesian model

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 508-516

  Assunção, Renato M ^a   Castro, Mônica S M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Cancer incidence rates; Cancer registries; Epidemiological methods; Neoplasms; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER;

BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242885445     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh040     Document Type: Article

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