A heuristic solution of the identifiability problem of the age-period-cohort analysis of cancer occurrence: lung cancer example.

The Age-Period-Cohort (APC) analysis is aimed at estimating the following effects on disease incidence: (i) the age of the subject at the time of disease diagnosis; (ii) the time period, when the disease occurred; and (iii) the date of birth of the subject. These effects can help in evaluating the b...

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Main Authors: Tengiz Mdzinarishvili, Simon Sherman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3319568?pdf=render