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An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping
Andrew B. Lawson
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Description for An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping
Hardcover. Growing public awareness of environmental hazards has led to an increased demand for public health authorities to investigate geographical clustering of diseases. Num Pages: 142 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
This superb introductory guide explains the basic principles underlying the construction and analysis of disease maps. Growing public awareness of environmental hazards has increased the demand for investigations into the geographical distribution of disease and as data resulting from studies is not always straightforward to interpret, there has been a need for an accessible, clearly written introduction to the subject. This book supplies the reader with an array of tools and skills so that maps may be produced and correctly interpreted, and also describes the role of disease mapping within epidemiology, highlighting its important role in studies of environmental health ... Read more
This superb introductory guide explains the basic principles underlying the construction and analysis of disease maps. Growing public awareness of environmental hazards has increased the demand for investigations into the geographical distribution of disease and as data resulting from studies is not always straightforward to interpret, there has been a need for an accessible, clearly written introduction to the subject. This book supplies the reader with an array of tools and skills so that maps may be produced and correctly interpreted, and also describes the role of disease mapping within epidemiology, highlighting its important role in studies of environmental health ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471860594
SKU
V9780471860594
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Ref
99-50
About Andrew B. Lawson
Andrew B. Lawson University of Aberdeen, UK Fiona L. R. Williams University of Dundee, UK
Reviews for An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping
"offers the reader a new insight to the area of disease mapping" (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol.10, No.6, 2001) "...Overall this book is very readable..." (Biometrics, September 2002) "...this book successfully gives comprehensive coverage of an active area of research and development...an excellent introductory text..." (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol.12, No.1, 2003)