Spatial Analysis in Epidemiology 1st Edition by Dirk Pfeiffer, Timothy Robinson, Mark Stevenson, Kim Stevens, David Rogers, Archie Clements 0198509898 9780198509899

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ISBN 10: 0198509898

ISBN 13: 9780198509899

Author: Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Timothy P. Robinson, Mark Stevenson, Kim B. Stevens, David J. Rogers, and Archie C.A. Clements

This book provides a practical, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the use of spatial statistics in epidemiology – the study of the incidence and distribution of diseases. Used appropriately, spatial analytical methods in conjunction with GIS and remotely sensed data can provide significant insights into the biological patterns and processes that underlie disease transmission. In turn, these can be used to understand and predict disease prevalence. This user-friendly text brings together the specialised and widely-dispersed literature on spatial analysis to make these methodological tools accessible to epidemiologists for the first time. With its focus is on application rather than theory, Spatial Analysis in Epidemiology includes a wide range of examples taken from both medical (human) and veterinary (animal) disciplines, and describes both infectious diseases and non-infectious conditions. Furthermore, it provides worked examples of methodologies using a single data set from the same disease example throughout, and is structured to follow the logical sequence of description of spatial data, visualisation, exploration, modelling and decision support. This accessible text is aimed at graduate students and researchers dealing with spatial data in the fields of epidemiology (both medical and veterinary), ecology, zoology and parasitology, environmental science, geography and statistics.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. Spatial Data

3. Spatial Visualization

4. Spatial Clustering of Disease and Global Estimates of Spatial Clustering

5. Local Estimates of Spatial Clustering

6. Spatial Variation in Risk

7. Identifying Factors Associated with the Spatial Distribution of Disease

8. Spatial Risk Assessment and Management of Disease

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