Geographical and environmental epidemiology : methods for small-area studies /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by Oxford University Press, 1992. |
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| Description: | xviii, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford medical publications. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1486218 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Geographical Epidemiology and Ecological Studies
- 2. Small-Area Studies: Purpose and Methods
- 3. Health and the Environment: The Significance of Chemicals and Radiation
- Part II. Data, Computational Methods, and Mapping
- 4. Mortality Data
- 5. Cancer Incidence Data for Adults
- 6. Cancer Incidence Data for Children
- 7. Congenital Anomalies
- 8. Specialized Registers
- 9. Population Counts in Small Areas
- 10. Use of Routine Data in Studies of Point Sources of Environmental Pollution
- 11. Socio-Economic Confounding
- 12. Use of Record Linkage in Small-Area Studies
- 13. Confidentiality
- 14. Practical Approaches to Disease Mapping
- 15. Estimating Environmental Exposures
- 16. Mapping Environmental Exposure
- Part III. Statistical Methods
- 17. Statistical Methods for Geographical Correlation Studies
- 18. Bayesian Methods for Mapping Disease Risk
- 19. Statistical Methods for Analysing Point-Source Exposures
- 20. Some Comments on Methods for Investigating Disease Risk Around a Point Source
- 21. Methods for the Assessment of Disease Clusters
- Part IV. Studies of Health and the Environment
- 22. Environmental Epidemiology: A Historical Perspective
- 23. Guidelines for the Investigation of Clusters of Adverse Health Events
- 24. Studies of Disease Clustering: Problems of Interpretation
- Part V. Case Studies
- 25. Childhood Leukemia Around the Sellafield Nuclear Plant
- 26. The Epidemic of Respiratory Cancer Associated with Erionite Fibers in the Cappadocian Region of Turkey
- 27. Soya Bean As A Risk Factor for Epidemic Asthma
- 28. The Seveso Accident
- 29. Cancer of the Larynx and Lung Near Incinerators of Waste Solvents and Oils in Britain
- 30. A Study of Geographical Correlations in China
