Bayesian analysis of cancer rates from SEER program using parametric and semiparametric joinpoint regression models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 486, 2009, Pages 439-452

  Ghosh, Pulak ^a   Basu, Sanjib ^b   Tiwari, Ram C ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age adjusted incidence rates; Dirichlet process mixture; Joinpoints; Joint modeling; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549093782     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.0038     Document Type: Article

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