Statistical Methods in Spatial Epidemiology
- 作者
- 出版社 Wiley & Sons
- 出版时间 2006年6月 第2版
- ISBN 9780470014844
- 定价 1648.30
内容简介
Spatialepidemiologyisthedescriptionandanalysisofthegeographicaldistributionofdisease.Itismoreimportantnowthanever,withmodernthreatssuchasbioterrorismmakingsuchanalysisevenmorecomplex.Thissecondeditionof"StatisticalMethodsinSpatialEpidemiology"isupdatedandexpandedtoofferacompletecoverageoftheanalysisandapplicationofspatialstatisticalmethods.Thebookisdividedintotwomainsections:Part1introducesbasicdefinitionsandterminology,alongwithmapconstructionandsomebasicmodels.ThisisexpandeduponinPartIIbyapplyingthisknowledgetothefundamentalproblemswithinspatialepidemiology,suchasdiseasemapping,ecologicalanalysis,diseaseclustering,bioterrorism,spacetimeanalysis,surveillanceandinfectiousdiseasemodelling.Itprovidesacomprehensiveoverviewofthemainstatisticalmethodsusedinspatialepidemiology.Itisupdatedtoincludeanewemphasisonbioterrorismanddiseasesurveillance.Itemphasizestheimportanceofspacetimemodellingandoutlinesthepracticalapplicationofthemethod.Itdiscussesthewiderangeofsoftwareavailableforanalyzingspatialdata,includingWinBUGS,SaTScanandR,andfeaturesanaccompanyingwebsitehostingrelatedsoftware.Itcontainsnumerousdatasets,eachrepresentingadifferentapproachtotheanalysis,andprovidesaninsightintovariousmodellingtechniques.Thistextisprimarilyaimedatmedicalstatisticians,researchersandpractitionersfrompublichealthandepidemiology.Itisalsosuitableforpostgraduatestudentsofstatisticsandepidemiology,aswellasprofessionalsworkingingovernmentagencies.
丛书
Wiley Series in Proability and Statistics— END —