Comparing definitions of spatial relations for the analysis of geographic disparities in mortality within a Bayesian mixed-effects framework

ABSTRACT: Objective: To analyze the conceptual and technical differences between three definitions of spatial relations within a Bayesian mixed-effects framework: classical multilevel definition, spatial multiple membership definition and conditional autoregressive definition with an illustration...

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Main Author: Diego Fernando Rojas-Gualdrón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2017000300487&lng=en&tlng=en