Statistical methods in spatial epidemiology (Q2753394)

This book is about the analysis of spatial distributions of the incidence of diseases. It is to a large extent a review of recent research work, and its target audience is expected to have a solid statistical background. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe core of the book is divided into two parts. The first, ``The nature of spatial epidemiology'', presents fundamentals such as definitions, terminology, scales of measurement, geographical representation and mapping, and basic models, including likelihood-based and Bayesian approaches. This first part concludes with a chapter on exploratory approaches, parametric inference, and a discussion of edge effects.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe second part, ``Important problems in spatial epidemiology'', considers disease clustering and putative sources of hazard on small scales and then, on large scales, disease mapping and surveillance. The two last chapters of the book deal with ecological analysis and infectious disease modelling. Finally, in five appendices, Monte Carlo methods are reviewed, a glossary of estimators presented, and spatial software discussed.