ReviewAnnual review of public health2012
A review of spatial methods in epidemiology, 2000-2010.
Review in Annual review of public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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119 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Spatial and Spatio-temporal Analyses in Public Health Research in Korea.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2021Pooled it
- Spatial connectivity in mosquito-borne disease models: a systematic review of methods and assumptions.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Pooled it
- Geographic and area-level socioeconomic variation in cardiometabolic risk factor distribution: a systematic review of the literature.International journal of health geographics · 2019Pooled it
- Spatial Effects of Permethrin-Impregnated Bed Nets on Child Mortality: 26 Years on, a Spatial Reanalysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Trial
- Spatial pattern of body mass index among adults in the diabetes study of Northern California (DISTANCE).International journal of health geographics · 2014Trial
- Mental health conditions in Mexico: Diagnosis trends based on hospital records.Atencion primaria · 2026Article
- Modelling spatial heterogeneity in exposure buffers and risk: a hierarchical Bayesian approach.Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C, Applied statistics · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of breast cancer screening across half a million invitations in Geneva, Switzerland.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis among migrant populations and key predictors of migratory cases in Zhejiang Province.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Bibliometric Analysis of the Evolution and Distribution of Research on Analytical Methods for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Exploring geographical differences in semen quality of young men using spatial dependence analysis.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics and associated drivers of COVID-19 incidence in Nepal.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Spatial Patterns of Dengue Incidence in Nepal During Record Outbreaks in 2022 and 2023: Implications for Public Health Interventions.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with glaucoma in an African Ancestry Population: findings from the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) study.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of wild animal rabies in Namibia from 2001 to 2019: implications for controlling the infection in domestic animals.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- ClusterRadar: An interactive web-tool for the multi-method exploration of spatial clusters over time.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Role of Proximity to Coordinated Specialty Care For Early Psychosis And Program Engagement in Washington State: The Interaction of Travel Time, Race, and Ethnicity.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
- Spatial Clustering of Rabies by Animal Species in New Jersey, United States, from 1989 to 2023.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Spatial analysis of 10-year predicted risk and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: the CoLaus cohort.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Geographic Information Systems Utilization in Pediatric End-of-Life Research: A Scoping Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2024Article
59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Understanding the impact of place on health is a key element of epidemiologic investigation, and numerous tools are being employed for analysis of spatial health-related data. This review documents the huge growth in spatial epidemiology, summarizes the tools that have been employed, and provides in-depth discussion of several methods. Relevant research articles for 2000-2010 from seven epidemiology journals were included if the study utilized a spatial analysis method in primary analysis (n = 207). Results summarized frequency of spatial methods and substantive focus; graphs explored trends over time. The most common spatial methods were distance calculations, spatial aggregation, clustering, spatial smoothing and interpolation, and spatial regression. Proximity measures were predominant and were applied primarily to air quality and climate science and resource access studies. The review concludes by noting emerging areas that are likely to be important to future spatial analysis in public health.
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