Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN

Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0470856041
ISBN-13 : 9780470856048
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Book Synopsis Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN by : Andrew B. Lawson

Download or read book Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN written by Andrew B. Lawson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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 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.


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