Estimating current injectors in Scotland and their drug-related death rate by sex, region and age-group via Bayesian capture-recapture methods

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-359

  King, Ruth ^a   Bird, Sheila M ^b,c   Hay, Gordon ^d   Hutchinson, Sharon J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAPTURE RECAPTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449084436     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280208094701     Document Type: Article

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