Nested partially latent class models for dependent binary data; Estimating disease etiology

Biostatistics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 200-213

  Wu, Zhenke ^a   Deloria Knoll, Maria ^a   Zeger, Scott L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Case control studies; Etiology; Latent class model; Local dependence

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 85020223448     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxw037     Document Type: Article

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