Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471986348 ISBN 13: 9780471986348

Publisher: Wiley, 1999

Synopsis

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: aeo Disease Mapping aeo Clustering of Disesase aeo Ecological Analysis aeo Risk Assessment for Putative Sources of Hazard aeo 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.

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Review:

"...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)

Synopsis:

Epidemiologists investigating public heath issues are concerned with determining the prevalence, severity and prevention of a given health event. They are increasingly having to use sophisticated statistical tests to determine the significance of a clustering of a particular health event. Once a problem has been identified, the associated risk to human health can be assessed and any necessary intervention undertaken. A World Health Organisation initiative has culminated in a workshop which brought together leading experts to discuss complex methodologies for the statistical evaluation of disease mapping and risk assessment. A broad variety of the more sophisticated statistical techniques and their relevance are discussed and where appropriate examples included on putative sources of health hazards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0471986348
• ISBN 13: 9780471986348
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Lawson Andrew B., Biggeri Annibale, Böhning Dankmar, Lesaffre Emmanuel, Viel Jean-Fran, Bertollini Roberto