A Review and Comparison of Age–Period–Cohort Models for Cancer Incidence

Age–period–cohort models have been used to examine and forecast cancer incidence and mortality for over three decades. However, the fitting and interpretation of these models requires great care because of the well-known identifiability problem that exists; given any two of age, period, and cohort,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Statistical Science. - Institute of Mathematical Statistics. - 31(2016), 4, Seite 591-610
1. Verfasser: Smith, Theresa R. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wakefield, Jon
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Statistical Science
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Social sciences Mathematics Health sciences Biological sciences