Estimating the extent and distribution of new-onset adult asthma in british columbia using frequentist and bayesian approaches

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 719-727

  Beach, Jeremy ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^a,b   Cherry, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal antigens; Asthma; Bayesian analysis; Isocyanates; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ASTHMA; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN METHODOLOGY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CREDIBLE INTERVAL; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; FREQUENTIST; INFORMATIVE PRIORS; ISOCYANATES; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; LOWER BOUNDARY; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; ODDS RATIOS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; WOOD DUST; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRY;

DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865533016     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes004     Document Type: Article

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