Geographical and Environmental Epidemiology
Methods for Small Area Studies
Seiten
1996
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262235-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262235-8 (ISBN)
Addresses both the theoretical and practical issues which arise when describing the geographical distribution of disease. This book also investigates apparent disease clusters. It considers requirements in terms of population data, disease incidence, and mortality and relates them to the scale at which a study is being carried out.
Now available in paperback, this book is the first to address both the theoretical and practical issues which arise when describing the geographical distribution of disease and investigating apparent disease clusters. Requirements in terms of population data, disease incidence, and mortality are considered and related to the scale at which a study is being carried out. Statistical methods are reviewed for large scale correlation studies, intermediate scale map smoothing exercises, and small scale clustering investigations. Problems of measuring environmental exposures at different scales are also reviewed.
These issues are then related to current practice via comprehensive set of case studies which include a large correlation study in China, clustering of asthma attacks, the Sellafield-leukaemia cluster, environmental clusters of mesothelioma in Turkey, and a multi-source study if cancer incidence around an incinerator.
Now available in paperback, this book is the first to address both the theoretical and practical issues which arise when describing the geographical distribution of disease and investigating apparent disease clusters. Requirements in terms of population data, disease incidence, and mortality are considered and related to the scale at which a study is being carried out. Statistical methods are reviewed for large scale correlation studies, intermediate scale map smoothing exercises, and small scale clustering investigations. Problems of measuring environmental exposures at different scales are also reviewed.
These issues are then related to current practice via comprehensive set of case studies which include a large correlation study in China, clustering of asthma attacks, the Sellafield-leukaemia cluster, environmental clusters of mesothelioma in Turkey, and a multi-source study if cancer incidence around an incinerator.
PART I: INTRODUCTION ; PART II: DATA, COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, AND MAPPING ; PART III: STATISTICAL METHODS ; PART IV: STUDIES OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ; PART V: CASE STUDIES
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.7.1996 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous line figures and tables |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 603 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-262235-8 / 0192622358 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-262235-8 / 9780192622358 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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