Disease Mapping with WinBUGS & MLwiN (Hardcover, New)

Disease mapping involves the analysis of geo-referenced disease incidence data and has many applications, for example within resource allocation, cluster alarm analysis, and ecological studies. There is a real need amongst public health workers for simpler and more efficient tools for the analysis of geo-referenced disease incidence data. Bayesian and multilevel methods provide the required efficiency, and with the emergence of software packages a such as WinBUGS and MLwiN a are now easy to implement in practice. Provides an introduction to Bayesian and multilevel modelling in disease mapping. Adopts a practical approach, with many detailed worked examples. Includes introductory material on WinBUGS and MLwiN. Discusses three applications in detail a relative risk estimation, focused clustering, and ecological analysis. Suitable for public health workers and epidemiologists with a sound statistical knowledge. Supported by a Website featuring data sets and WinBUGS and MLwiN programs.

"Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN"A provides a practical introduction to the use of software for disease mapping for researchers, practitioners and graduate students from statistics, public health and epidemiology who analyse disease incidence data.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	September 2003
Authors:	AB Lawson
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-470-85604-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	0-470-85604-1
Barcode:	9780470856048

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