Disease Mapping with WinBUGS & MLwiN Lawson Hardback Wiley–Blackwell

Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiNAuthor(s): Andrew B. Lawson, William J. Browne, Carmen L. Vidal Rodeiro\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470856048, 978-0470856048\nSynopsis\nDisease 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.\n\nProvides an introduction to Bayesian and multilevel modelling in disease mapping.\nAdopts a practical approach, with many detailed worked examples.\nIncludes introductory material on WinBUGS and MLwiN.\nDiscuss.