Analyzing 2000–2010 Childhood Age-Adjusted Cancer Rates in Florida: A Spatial Clustering Approach

Statistics and Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-128

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Lim, Chae Young ^b   Maiti, Tapabrata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Epidemiology; Marginal likelihood; Pediatric cancers; Reversible jump MCMC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957953730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2330443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2014.979962     Document Type: Article

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