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Spatial Epidemiology

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The impact of the environment on disease causation and control has become a key item on the political agenda. Each contributor to this book addresses one of the contemporary debates concerning issues such as the interpretation of cancer clusters, the provision of care for the mentally ill and the likely progress of the AIDS epidemic. The book will be a useful research tool for researchers in the field of geography, medicine and statistics, but may also be of interest to a more general audience.
Part 1 Overview: issues in spatial epidemiology. R.W.Thomas; ?, P.Knox. Part 2 Statistical analysis of case clustering: space-time models for the detection of clusters of disease, D.Wartenburg and M.Greenburg; modelling the prevalence of cancer of the larynx in part of Lancashire - a new methodology, P.J.Diggle et al; automating the search for cancer clusters - a review of problems, progress and opportunities, S.Openshaw; some problems in the interpretation of childhood leukemia clusters, R.Wakeford. Part 3 Forecasting and control: epidemic control and critical community size - spatial aspects of eliminating communicable diseases in human populations, A.D.Cliff and P.Haggett; assessing the impact of some spatial representation systems on the forecasts of a multiregion disease model, R.W.Thomas. Part 4 The AIDS pandemic: ?, Dutta and Dutta; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - the global spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 2 (HIV-2), M.R.Smallman-Raynor and A.D.Cliff. Part 5 Mental health and the environment: pathways to mental care in Salford - the role of the general practitioner, S.Scobie; drug abuse and urban ecological structure - the Nottingham case, J.Giggs.
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