Estimating the Under-Five mortality rate using a Bayesian hierarchical time series model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Alkema, Leontine ^a   Ann, Wei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNDER FIVE MORTALITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED NATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80053279219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023954     Document Type: Article

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