
Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN / Edition 1
ISBN-13: 9780470856048 Publisher: Wiley Publication date: 09/12/2003 Series: Statistics in Practice , #11 Pages: 296 Product dimensions: 6.38(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.85(d) 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 – such as WinBUGS and MLwiN – 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 – relative risk estimation, focused clustering, and ecological analysis. Su