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Impact of Cliff and Ord (1969, 1981) on Spatial Epidemiology
Author(s) -
Richardson Sylvia,
GuihenneucJouyaux Chantal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00774.x
Subject(s) - spatial analysis , autocorrelation , spatial epidemiology , cliff , geography , cluster analysis , cartography , epidemiology , statistics , mathematics , medicine , remote sensing , archaeology , pathology
The influence in spatial epidemiology of the seminar work on autocorrelation by Cliff and Ord is discussed. Quantifying the evidence of spatial clustering was an important step in the development of modern statistical methods for analyzing spatial variations of diseases. Autocorrelation is nowadays mostly accounted for at a latent level within a hierarchical framework to small area disease mapping. The importance of accounting for autocorrelation in geographical correlation studies is also reviewed.