Spatial Epidemiology Methods and Applications

This is a new paperback edition of the well received text Spatial Epidemiology: Methods and Applications. It is an easy to read, clear and concise exploration of the field of geographical variations in diseases. Especially with respect to variations in environmental exposures at the
small-area scale this book gives an authoriative account of current practice and developments. The recent and rapid expansion of the field looks set to continue in line with growing public, governmental and media concern about environmental and health issues, and the scientific need to understand
and explain the effects of environmental pollutants on health.
Of interest to epidemiologists, public health pratitioners, statistcians, geographers, environmental scientists and others concerned with understanding the geographical distribution of disease and the effects of environmental exposures on human health. It will be a valuable source for undergraduate
and postgraduate courses in epidemiology, medicial geography, biostatistics, environmental health and environmental science as well as a useful source of reference for health policy makers, health economists, regulators and others in the field of environmental health.

This is a new paperback edition of the well received text Spatial Epidemiology: methods and applications. It is an easy to read, clear and concise exploration of the field of geographical variations in disease. Especially with respect to variations in environmental exposures at the small-area scale this book gives an authoritative account of current practice and developments. The recent and rapid expansion of the field looks set to continue in line with growing public, governmental and media concern about environmental and health issues, and the scientific need to understand and explain the effects of environmental pollutants on health. Of interest to epidemiologists, public health practitioners, statisticians, geographers, environmental scientists and others concerned with understanding the geographical distribution of disease and the effects of environmental exposures on human health. It will be a valuable source for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in epidemiology, medical geography, biostatistics, environmental health and environmental science as well as a useful source of reference for health policy makers, health economists, regulators and others in the field of environmental health.

1. - Spatial epidemiology: methods and applications
2. - Health event data
3. - The use of population data in spatial epidemiology
4. - Socio-economic factors at area level and their relationship with health
5. - Bias and confounding in spatial epidemiology
6. - Overview of statistical methods for disease mapping and its relationship to cluster detection
7. - Bayesian approaches to disease mapping
8. - Clustering, cluster detection and spatial variation in risk
9. - Assessment of disease risk in relation to a pre-specified source
10. - Geostatistical methods for mapping environmental exposures
11. - Ecological correlation studies
12. - Disease mapping: a historical perspective
13. - Mapping mortality data in the United States
14. - Geographical analysis of communicable disease data
15. - Bayesian mapping of Hodgkin's disease in France
16. - Investigating the genetic association between diabetes and malaria: an application of Bayesian ecological regression models with errors in covariates
17. - Do cancers cluster?
18. - Geographical variations in childhood leukaemia incidence
19. - Exposure assessment
20. - Personal exposure monitoring in environmental epidemiology
21. - Dispersion modelling
22. - Combining models of health and exposure data: the SAVIAH study
23. - The role of geographical studies in risk assessment
24. - Water quality and health
25. - Climate change and human health: mapping and modelling potential impacts