Statistical Methods for Disease Clustering

• Main Author: Tango, Toshiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Statistics for Biology and Health,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Cancer research.; Public health.; Epidemiology.; Biostatistics.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Public Health.; Cancer Research.

The development of powerful computing environment and the geographical information system (GIS) in recent decades has thrust the analysis of geo-referenced disease incidence data into the mainstream of spatial epidemiology. This book offers a modern perspective on statistical methods for detecting d...

Table of Contents:

• Clustering and Clusters
• Disease Mapping: Visualization of Spatial Clustering
• Tests for Temporal Clustering
• General Tests for Spatial Clustering: Regional Count Data
• General Tests for Spatial Clustering : Case-Control Point Data
• Tests for Space-Time Clustering
• Focused Tests for Spatial Clustering
• Space-Time Scan Statistics.