Modeling spatial variation in disease risk: A geostatistical approach

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 459, 2002, Pages 692-701

  Kelsall, J ^a   Eld, J W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease mapping; Ecologic studies; Gaussian random field; Intrinsic Gaussian autoregression; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036745648     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214502388618438     Document Type: Article

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