Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of tobacco-related cancer mortality in Switzerland

Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of tobacco-related cancer mortality in Switzerland

Tobacco smoking is a main cause of disease in Switzerland; lung cancer being the most common cancer mortality in men and the second most common in women. Although disease-specific mortality is decreasing in men, it is steadily increasing in women. The four language regions in this country might play...

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Main Authors: Verena Jürgens, Silvia Ess, Harish C. Phuleria, Martin Früh, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Harald Frick, Thomas Cerny, Penelope Vounatsou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Geospatial Health
Subjects:
Bayesian inference, conditional autoregressive models, disease mapping, lung cancer mortality, Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation, tobacco smoking, Switzerland.
Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/82

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