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The Bayesian Modeling of Disease Risk in Relation to a Point Source

John C Wakefield Jon Wakefield is Associate Professor, Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 . Sara Morris is Research Associate, Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Science, Technology and Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom . SAHSU is sponsored by the Departments of Health and the Environment and the Health and Safety Executive. This work was supported, in part, by an equipment grant from the Wellcome Trust (0455051/Z/95/Z). The authors thank Professor Paul Elliott, Director of the Small Area Health Statistics Unit, for helpful suggestions, and the editor, associate editor, and three referees for detailed comments that greatly improved the article.
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Sara E Morris Jon Wakefield is Associate Professor, Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 . Sara Morris is Research Associate, Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Science, Technology and Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom . SAHSU is sponsored by the Departments of Health and the Environment and the Health and Safety Executive. This work was supported, in part, by an equipment grant from the Wellcome Trust (0455051/Z/95/Z). The authors thank Professor Paul Elliott, Director of the Small Area Health Statistics Unit, for helpful suggestions, and the editor, associate editor, and three referees for detailed comments that greatly improved the article.
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