Cockings, S;
Shelton, N;
(2014)
Spatial Epidemiology.
In: Cockerham, WC and Dingwall, R and Quah, SR, (eds.)
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society.
Wiley-Blackwell
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Abstract
Spatial epidemiology (or geographical epidemiology) is a subdiscipline of epidemiology and part of the subdiscipline of health geography. Epidemiology is concerned with the study of population health and disease. Spatial epidemiology focuses specifically on the spatial components of this to understand and explain why health and disease vary by place. Classic examples of its use would be modeling levels of leukemia close to a radioactive point source or, historically, the mapping of cholera deaths. Definitions of approaches to spatial epidemiology vary, but usually include disease mapping, geographical correlation studies (also termed ecological studies), risk assessment in relation to a point or line source, and cluster detection and disease clustering.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Spatial Epidemiology |
| ISBN-13: | 9781444330762 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs438 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs438 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10027781 |
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