| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 475 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
Oxford medical publications |
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Oxford medical publications.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
These contributions from an international group of practitioners provide a comprehensive reference on methods and applications in the emerging field of spatial epidemiology |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical geography.
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Epidemiology.
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Geography.
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Epidemiologic Methods
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Cluster Analysis
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Geography
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Topography, Medical
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Epidemiology
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geography.
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Geography
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Epidemiology
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Medical geography
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Epidemiologie.
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Milieugezondheidskunde.
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Gezondheid.
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Geografische verspreiding.
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Ziektecijfer.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Best, Nicola, Contributor
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Wakefield, Jon, Contributor
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| ISBN |
9780191723667 |
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0191723665 |
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