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Multilevel modelling of the geographical distributions of diseases

I H Langford, A H Leyland, J Rasbash

    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C, Applied Statistics
    |September 26, 2002
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    CancerCauses Of DeathDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesDiseasesEpidemiologic MethodsEuropeModels, TheoreticalMortalityNeoplasmsNorthern EuropePopulationPopulation DynamicsResearch MethodologyScotlandUnited Kingdom

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