Costain, Deborah (2009) Bayesian Partitioning for Modeling and Mapping Spatial Case-Control Data. Biometrics, 65 (4). pp. 1123-1132. ISSN 0006-341X
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Methods for modeling and mapping spatial variation in disease risk continue to motivate much research. In particular, spatial analyses provide a useful tool for exploring geographical heterogeneity in health outcomes, and consequently can yield clues as to disease aetiology, direct public health management and generate research hypotheses. This article presents a Bayesian partitioning approach for the analysis of individual level geo-referenced health data. The model makes few assumptions about the underlying form of the risk surface, is data adaptive and allows for the inclusion of known determinants of disease. The methodology is used to model spatial variation in neonatal mortality in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Biometrics |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bayesian partitioning ; Geo-referenced case-control data ; Reversible jump MCMC ; Spatial variation in infant mortality |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Mathematics and Statistics |
| ID Code: | 60080 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 19 Nov 2012 09:32 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2012 09:32 |
| Identification Number: | |
| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/60080 |
Actions (login required)
| View Item |
