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A Heuristic Solution of the Identifiability Problem of the Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Cancer Occurrence: Lung Cancer Example

BACKGROUND: 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 eval...

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Autores principales: Mdzinarishvili, Tengiz, Sherman, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3319568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22496795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034362