Spatial epidemiology : methods and applications /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elliott, P. (Paul)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:Oxford medical publications.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. Introduction--health and population data
  • Spatial epidemiology: methods and applications / P. Elliott ... [et al.]
  • Health event data / A. Staines, L. Järup
  • The use of population data in spatial epidemiology / R.A. Arnold, I.D. Diamond, J.C. Wakefield
  • Socio-economic factors at areal level and their relationship with health / V. Carstairs
  • Bias and confounding in spatial epidemiology / P. Elliott, J.C. Wakefield
  • Sect. 2. Statistical methods
  • Overview of statistical methods for disease mapping and its relationship to cluster detection / P.J. Diggle
  • Bayesian approaches to disease mapping / J.C. Wakefiled, N.G. Best, L. Waller
  • Clustering, cluster detection, and spatial variation in risk / J.C. Wakefiled, J.E. Kelsall, S.E. Morris
  • Assessment of disease risk in relation to a pre-specified source / S.E. Morris, J.C. Wakefield
  • Geostatistical methods for mapping environmental exposures / N. Cressie
  • Ecological correlation studies / S. Richardson, C. Monfort
  • Sect. 3. Disease mapping and clustering
  • Disease mapping: a historical perspective / S.D. Walter
  • Mapping mortality data in the United States / L.W. Pickle
  • Geographical analysis of communicable disease data / P. Atkinson, A. Molesworth
  • Bayesian mapping of Hodgkin's disease in France / A. Mollié
  • Investigating the genetic association between diabetes and malaria: an application of Bayesian ecological regression models with errors in covariates / L. Bernardinelli ... [et al.]
  • Do cancers cluster? / F.E. Alexander, P. Boyle
  • Geographical variations in childhood leukemia incidence / J.F. Bithell, T.J. Vincent
  • Sect. 4. Exposure and the link to health
  • Exposure assessment / D.J. Briggs
  • Personal exposure monitoring in environmental epidemiology / M.J. Nieuwenhuijsen
  • Dispersion modelling / R. Colvile, D.J. Briggs
  • Combining models of health and exposure data: the SAVIAH study / N.G. Best ... [et al.]
  • The role of geographical studies in risk assessment / L. Järup
  • Water quality and health / M. Kanarek
  • Climate change and human health: mapping and modelling potential impacts / A.J. McMichael ... [et al.].