Polytomous disease mapping to detect uncommon risk factors for related diseases

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 520-529

  Dreassi, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hierarchical bayesian model; Joint disease mapping; Larynx cancer; Lung cancer; Oral cavity cancer; Polytomous logit model; Proportional mortality model; Shared component model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAPPING; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPONENT MODELING; DISEASE MAPPING; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; JOINT DISEASE; JOINT DISEASE MAPPING; LARYNX CANCER; LOGIT MODELS; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY MODEL; ORAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY CANCER; POLYTOMOUS; POLYTOMOUS LOGIT MODEL; PROPORTIONAL MORTALITY MODEL; SHARED COMPONENT MODEL; SHARED COMPONENTS;

DISEASES;

EID: 34548056492     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610295     Document Type: Article

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