Geographical and environmental epidemiology: methods for small-area studies/
edited by P. Elliott
- New York: Oxford University, 1992.
- xviii, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- (Oxford medical publications) .
PART I; Introduction -- 1. Geographical Epidemiology and Ecological Studies, D. English -- 2. Small-Area Studies: Purpose and Methods, J. Cuzick and P. Elliott -- 3. Health and the Environment: The Significance of Chemicals and Radiation, G.K. Matthew -- PART II: Data, Computational Methods, and Mapping -- 4. Mortality Data, A. Lopez -- 5. Cancer Incidence Data for Adults, A.J. Swerdlow -- 6. Cancer Incidence Data for Children, G.J. Draper and D.M. Parkin -- 7. Congenital Anomalies, H.M. Dolk and P. de Wals -- 8. Specialized Registers, A. Ahlbom and N. Hammar -- 9. Population Counts in Small Areas, I. Diamond -- 10. Use of Routine Data in Studies of Point Sources of Environmental Pollution, P. Elliott, I. Kleinschmidt, and J. Westlake -- 11. Socio-Economic Confounding, D. Jolley, B. Jarman, and P. Elliott -- 12. Use of Record Linkage in Small-Area Studies, E. Pukkala -- 13. Confidentiality, M.J. Quinn -- 14. Practical Approaches to Disease Mapping, M. Smans and J. Esteve -- 15. Estimating Environmental Exposures, G.A. Zapponi -- 16. Mapping Environmental Exposure, D.J. Briggs -- PART III: Statistical Methods -- 17. Statistical Methods for Geographical Correlation Studies, S. Richardson -- 18. Bayesian Methods for Mapping Disease Risk -- 19. Statistical Methods for Analysing Point-Source Exposures, J.F. Bithell -- 20. Some Comments on Methods for Investigating Disease Risk Around a Point Source, M. Hills -- 21. Methods for the Assessment of Disease Clusters, F.E. Alexander and J. Cuzick -- PART IV: Studies of Health and the Environment -- 22. Environmental Epidemiology: A Historical Perspective, B. Terracini -- 23. Guidelines for the Investigation of Clusters of Adverse Health Events, R.B. Rothenberg and S.B. Thacker -- 24. Studies of Disease Clustering: Problems of Interpretation, J. Urquhart -- PART V: Case Studies -- 25. Childhood Leukemia Around the Sellafield Nuclear Plant, M.J. Gardner -- 26. The Epidemic of Respiratory Cancer Associated with Erionite Fibers in the Cappadocian Region of Turkey, Y.I. Baris, et al. -- 27. Soya Bean As A Risk Factor for Epidemic Asthma, J.M. Anto and J. Sunyer -- 28. The Seveso Accident, P.A. Bertazzi, A.C. Pesatori, and C. Zocchetti -- 29. Cancer of the Larynx and Lung Near Incinerators of Waste Solvents and Oils in Britain, P. Elliott et al. -- 30. A Study of Geographical Correlations in China, R. Peto, et al.
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Epidemiology Medical geography Human ecology Human geography Environmental health