Model-based geostatistics for global public health : methods and applications /

Model-based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications provides an introductory account of model-based geostatistics, its implementation in open-source software and its application in public health research. In the public health problems that are the focus of this book, the aut...

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Main Authors: Diggle, Peter
Group Author: Giorgi, Emanuele
Published: CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton, FL :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC interdisciplinary statistics series
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Summary: Model-based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications provides an introductory account of model-based geostatistics, its implementation in open-source software and its application in public health research. In the public health problems that are the focus of this book, the authors describe and explain the pattern of spatial variation in a health outcome or exposure measurement of interest. Model-based geostatistics uses explicit probability models and established principles of statistical inference to address questions of this kind. Features: Presents state-of-the-art
Carrier Form: xxvi, 247 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.
ISBN: 9781138732353
1138732354
Index Number: RA440
CLC: R195.1
Call Number: R195.1/D573