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Description: |
xvii, 475 pages, 8 pages color plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction--health and population data. Spatial epidemiology : methods and application -- Health event data -- The use of population data in spatial epidemiology -- Socio-economic factors at areal level and their relationship with health -- Bias and confounding in spatial epidemiology. Statistical methods. Overview of statistical methods for disease mapping and its relationship to cluster detection -- Bayesian approaches to disease mapping -- Clustering, cluster detection, and spatial variation in risk -- Assessment of disease risk in relation to a pre-specified source -- Geostatistical methods for mapping environmental exposures -- Ecological correlation studies. Disease mapping and clustering. Disease mapping : a historical perspective -- Mapping mortality data in the United States -- Geographical analysis of communicable disease data -- Bayesian mapping of Hodgkin's disease in France -- Investigating the genetic association between diabetes and malaria : an application of Bayesian ecological regression models with errors in covariates -- Do cancers cluster? -- Geographical variations in childhood leukemia incidence. Exposure and the link to health. Geostatistical methods for mapping environmental exposures -- Ecological correlation studies. Disease mapping and clustering. Disease mapping : a historical perspective -- Mapping mortality data in the United States -- Geographical analysis of communicable disease data -- Bayesian mapping of Hodgkin's disease in France -- Investigating the genetic association between diabetes and malaria : an application of Bayesian ecological regression models with errors in covariates -- Do cancers cluster? -- Geographical variations in childhood leukemia incidence. Exposure and the link to health. Exposure assessment -- Personal exposure monitoring in environmental epidemiology -- Dispersion modelling -- Combining models of health and exposure data : the SAVIAH study -- The role of geographical studies in risk assessment -- Water quality and health -- Climate change and human health : mapping and modelling potential impacts. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: These contributions from an international group of practitioners provide a comprehensive reference on methods and applications in the emerging field of spatial epidemiology. |
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Series Added Entry: |
Oxford medical publications. |