The Bayesian Modeling of Disease Risk in Relation to a Point Source
点源附近疾病风险的贝叶斯建模
Recently there has been increased interest, from both the media and the public, in the question, “Is there an excess of disease risk close to a prespecified point source?” To address this question, routinely available public health data may be analyzed. In the United Kingdom, as in many countries, health data and the associated population data that are required for comparison, are available as aggregated counts. In this article we propose to analyze such data using a…