Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health

Dankmar Böhning editor Andrew B Lawson editor Emmanuel Lesaffre editor Roberto Bertollini editor Annibale Biggeri editor Jean-Fran Viel editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:23rd Apr '99

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Offers an in-depth report on advanced statistical tools for public health disease surveillance, which is the result of a prestigious World Health Organisation (WHO) and EU Biomed programme initiative. Traditionally, the role of public health disease surveillance has been to identify and evaluate morbidity and mortality but increasingly, more sophisticated methods are being applied as the authorities extend their studies to include control and prevention of disease. This book brings together leading experts to discuss complex methodologies for the statistical evaluation of disease mapping and risk assessment. It includes a broad variety of statistical techniques and where appropriate, examples are included on topical issues such as the analysis of putative health hazards. For easy reference the text is presented in five distinct sections, each with an introductory review:

* Disease Mapping

* Clustering of Disesase

* Ecological Analysis

* Risk Assessment for Putative Sources of Hazard

* Public Health Applications and Case Studies

Representative of the most pertinent issues within disease surveillance and mapping, this book will provide an accessible overview for statisticians and epidemiologists.

"…full of rich ideas and methods that are useful..." (Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, April 2005)

"...sure to be an essential reference for anyone working in this area" (ISCB Newsletter, December 2000)

ISBN: 9780471986348

Dimensions: 250mm x 172mm x 35mm

Weight: 1021g

504 pages