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A Generalized Linear Mixed Models Approach For Detecting Incident Clusters Of Disease In Small Areas, With An Application To Biological Terrorism, Kenneth Kleinman, Ross Lazarus, Richard Platt
A Generalized Linear Mixed Models Approach For Detecting Incident Clusters Of Disease In Small Areas, With An Application To Biological Terrorism, Kenneth Kleinman, Ross Lazarus, Richard Platt
Public Health Department Faculty Publication Series
Since the intentional dissemination of anthrax through the US postal system in the fall of 2001, there has been increased interest in surveillance for detection of biological terrorism. More generally, this could be described as the detection of incident disease clusters. In addition, the advent of affordable and quick geocoding allows for surveillance on a finer spatial scale than has been possible in the past. Surveillance for incident clusters of disease in both time and space is a relatively undeveloped arena of statistical methodology. Surveillance for bioterrorism detection, in particular, raises unique issues with methodological relevance. For example, the bioterrorism …
Caught Between Paradise And Power: Public Health, Pathogenic Threats, And The Axis Of Illness, David P. Fidler
Caught Between Paradise And Power: Public Health, Pathogenic Threats, And The Axis Of Illness, David P. Fidler
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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