Bayesian estimation of population-level trends in measures of health status

Statistical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-25

  Finucane, Mariel M ^a   Paciorek, Christopher J ^b   Danaei, Goodarz ^c   Ezzati, Majid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Combining data sources; Hierarchical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901448836     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/13-STS427     Document Type: Article

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