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Mixed model for analyzing geographic variability in mortality rates

R K Tsutakawa

    Journal of the American Statistical Association
    |March 1, 1988
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AmericasCancerCauses Of DeathDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesDifferential MortalityDiseasesGeographic FactorsMethodological StudiesMissouriModels, TheoreticalMortalityNeoplasmsNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPopulationPopulation DynamicsPulmonary EffectsResearch MethodologyUnited States

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