Cox processes for estimating temporal variation in disease risk

Environmetrics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 981-1003

  Paez, Marina Silva ^a   Diggle, Peter J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Cox processs; Disease surveillance; Gastrointestinal disease; Monte carlo inference; Point process

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73249152034     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.976     Document Type: Article

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