Abstract

ARIAS-ORTIZ, Nelson E. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SMALL AREAS: TOOLS FOR ANALYZING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND ITS HEALTH EFFECTS ON LOCAL SCALE. Luna Azul [online]. 2016, n.42, pp.341-361. ISSN 1909-2474.  https://doi.org/10.17151/luaz.2016.42.20.

The increasing anthropogenic pollution has generated worldwide concern about potential adverse effects on human health. Given this need for research, spatial epidemiological studies in small areas are presented as a simple and efficient approach, using routinely collected data to be analyzed using sophisticated statistical techniques, providing tools to study locally epidemiological associations. A review of generalities and methodological and statistical elements of these studies is presented in this article with some examples of studies published in the last two decades, and a brief discussion about some relevant issues.

Keywords : Epidemiology; spatial analysis; pollution; small areas.

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