Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 491-505 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society |
Volume | 160 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Environmental epidemiology
- Point process modelling
- Point sources of risk
- Small area health statistics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Statistics and Probability
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)