A Bayesian estimate of the risk of tick-borne diseases

Applications of Mathematics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-404

  Jiruše, Marek ^a   MacHek, Josef ^b   Beneš, Viktor ^b   Zeman, Petr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Centre of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; epidemiological data; generalized linear model; statistical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867979383     PISSN: 08627940     EISSN: 15729109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APOM.0000048119.55855.65     Document Type: Article

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