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Statistical methods in spatial epidemiology / Andrew B. Lawson.

By: Lawson, Andrew (Andrew B.).
Series: Wiley series in probability and statistics. Publisher: Chichester, England : Wiley, c2006Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xviii, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0470014849 (hbk.); 9780470014844 (hbk.).Subject(s): Medical geography -- Statistical methods | Epidemiology -- Statistical methodsDDC classification: 614.42
Contents:
I: The nature of spatial epidemiology - 1. Definitions, terminology and data sets - 2. Scales of measurement and data availability - 3. Geographical representation and mapping - 4. Basic models - 5. Exploratory approaches, parametric estimation and inference -- II: Important problems in spatial epidemiology: 6. Small scale: disease clustering - 7. Small scale: putative sources of hazard - 8. Large scale: disease mapping - 9. Ecological analysis and scale change - 10. Infectious disease modelling - 11. Large scale: surveillance - Appendix A: Monte Carlo testing, parametric bootstrap and simulation envelopes - Appendix B: Markov chain Monte Carlo methods - Appendix C: Algorithms and code - Appendix D: Glossary of estimators - Appendix E: Software.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-388) and index.

I: The nature of spatial epidemiology - 1. Definitions, terminology and data sets - 2. Scales of measurement and data availability - 3. Geographical representation and mapping - 4. Basic models - 5. Exploratory approaches, parametric estimation and inference -- II: Important problems in spatial epidemiology: 6. Small scale: disease clustering - 7. Small scale: putative sources of hazard - 8. Large scale: disease mapping - 9. Ecological analysis and scale change - 10. Infectious disease modelling - 11. Large scale: surveillance - Appendix A: Monte Carlo testing, parametric bootstrap and simulation envelopes - Appendix B: Markov chain Monte Carlo methods - Appendix C: Algorithms and code - Appendix D: Glossary of estimators - Appendix E: Software.