A comparison of conditional autoregressive models used in Bayesian disease mapping

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Lee, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional autoregressive models; Disease mapping; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN MAPPING; CANCER INCIDENCE; COVARIANCE; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SCOTLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957685487     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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