Bayesian Effect Estimation Accounting for Adjustment Uncertainty

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-671

  Wang, Chi ^a,b   Parmigiani, Giovanni ^c,d   Dominici, Francesca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment uncertainty; Bayesian model averaging; Exposure effects; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADJUSTMENT UNCERTAINTY; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CONFOUNDER; EXPOSURE EFFECTS; EXPOSURE MODELS; MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION; NEW APPROACHES; TREATMENT EFFECTS; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA SET; DISEASE TREATMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NASSAU COUNTY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866768287     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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