Vol. 13 No. 1 (2015): REVSTAT-Statistical Journal

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The One-day Workshop on Spatial-temporal Models in Epidemiology and Health was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 20th, 2014. It was organized by the Centro de Estatística e Aplicações da Universidade de Lisboa (CEAUL). The workshop aimed (i) to bring together researchers who work in epidemiology and health sciences; (ii) to promote a fruitful discussion on the role of statistical methods, such as time series analysis and spatial statistics.

This special issue of REVSTAT — Statistical Journal consists of peer-refereed papers generated from the research work presented at the workshop. This collection of papers reflects the stimulating research in the area of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, covering a wide range of topics.

Published: 2015-04-10

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Foreword

Giovani Loiola da Silva, Maria Antónia Amaral Turkman

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Assessing the Evolution of Territorial Disparities in Health

Daniela Cocchi , Fedele Greco , Francesco Scalone

1–20
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On Predicting Cancer Mortality using ANOVA-type P-spline Models

Jaione Etxeberria, María Dolores Ugarte , Tomás Goicoa , Ana F. Militino

21–40
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Statistical Methods for Detecting the Onset of Influenza Outbreaks A Review

Rubén Amorós , David Conesa , Miguel Angel Martinez-Beneito , Antonio Lopez-Quílez

41–62
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Longitudinal Analysis of Tumor Marker CEA of Breast Cancer Patients From Braga’s Hospital

Ana Borges , Inês Sousa , Luís Castro

63–78
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Alcohol Abuse Disorder Prevalence and its Distribution Across Portugal A Disease Mapping Approach

Helena Baptista , Jorge M. Mendes , José Caldas de Almeida , Miguel Xavier

79–101
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