Bayesian structured additive regression modeling of epidemic data: Application to cholera

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Osei, Frank B ^a   Duker, Alfred A ^b   Stein, Alfred ^c  

^a Catholic University   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cholera; Cholera reservoir; Refuse dumps; Slums

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHOLERA; DISEASE CARRIER; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BAYES THEOREM; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GHANA; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY AREAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864502493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-118     Document Type: Article

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