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Temporal and spatial scales in epidemiological concepts
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1992Traditional concepts in epidemiology are reviewed from ecological, cultural, and logical perspectives. In zoological epidemiology (including the study of human and livestock diseases caused by pathogens), temporal and spatial scales are typically not used in definitions, by hypotheses, and theories concerning epidemic and endemic diseases.
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The contribution and future development of spatial epidemiology
Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology, 1981Abstract Methods of investigation have been greatly extended with widespread use of computer and statistical techniques. Nevertheless, field work and environmental knowledge remain essential. Improvement of the availability and of reliability of data would facilitate further research in spatial epidemiology.
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Problems of spatial analysis in geographical epidemiology
Social Science & Medicine. Part D: Medical Geography, 1979Abstract Mortality rates at the county or state economic area level are available for a variety of diseases and frequently provide the basis for correlation studies relating illnesses to environmental and socio-economic indicators. The problems associated with such data are discussed with examples drawn from the etiology of cancer.
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Spatial Models in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Advances in Applied Probability, 1980We shall concentrate in this review on the population dynamics of infectious diseases, with special emphasis on the explicit handling of spatial components. Even the simplest nonspatial infectious disease models are moderately complex. The Law of Mass Action is used to describe the rate at which new infections occur in a community, i.e.
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Spatial epidemiology: methods and applications
2001AbstractThis chapter provides a general background to spatial epidemiological studies. It discusses issues that are pertinent to their analysis and interpretation, including the underlying statistical methodology. It considers the aims and use of spatial analyses in epidemiology.
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The development of spatial epidemiology
Physics of Life Reviews, 2016Dawei Zhao, Zhenghong Deng, Lianhai Wang
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Spatial Epidemiology of the Stony-Coral-Tissue-Loss Disease in Florida
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020Erinn M Müller +2 more
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