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Regression Modelling of Disease Risk in Relation to Point Sources
Author(s) -
Diggle Peter,
Morris Sara,
Elliott Paul,
Shaddick Gavin
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-985x.1997.00076.x
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , regression analysis , econometrics , point (geometry) , computer science , disease , relation (database) , municipal solid waste , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental health , statistics , environmental science , mathematics , data mining , medicine , ecology , biology , artificial intelligence , pathology , geometry
We describe a class of models for the investigation of possible raised risk of disease around putative sources of environmental pollution. An adaptation of the point process method suggested by Diggle and Rowlingson is presented, allowing the use of routinely available aggregated data and incorporating the more general distance–risk model suggested by Elliott and co‐workers. An application to data on cancers of the stomach around municipal solid waste incinerators is presented.