Mapping gender variation in the spatial pattern of alcohol-related mortality: A Bayesian analysis using data from South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Strong, Mark ^a   Pearson, Tim ^a   MacNab, Ying C ^b   Maheswaran, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol mortality; Bayesian disease mapping; Ecological models; Error in covariate; Shared component models

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RELATED MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOLISM; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84861956598     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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