Estimating individual-level risk in spatial epidemiology using spatially aggregated information on the population at risk

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 492, 2010, Pages 1394-1402

  Diggle, Peter J ^a,b   Guan, Yongtao ^c   Hart, Anthony C ^d   Paize, Fauzia ^d   Stanton, Michelle ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimating equations; Inhomogeneous spatial point processes; Meningococcal disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651320529     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2010.ap09323     Document Type: Article

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