Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology

Documentation for package ‘SpatialEpi’ version 1.2.1

bayes_cluster	Bayesian Cluster Detection Method
besag_newell	Besag-Newell Cluster Detection Method
coeff	Compute log Bayes Factors
create_geo_objects	Create geographical objects to be used in Bayesian Cluster Detection Method
eBayes	Empirical Bayes Estimates of Relative Risk
EBpostdens	Produce plots of emprical Bayes posterior densities when the data Y are Poisson with expected number E and relative risk theta, with the latter having a gamma distribution with known values alpha and beta, which are estimated using empirical Bayes.
EBpostthresh	Produce the probabilities of exceeding a threshold given a posterior gamma distribution.
expected	Compute Expected Numbers of Disease
GammaPriorCh	Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Gamma Distribution
kulldorff	Kulldorff Cluster Detection Method
latlong2grid	Convert Coordinates from Latitude/Longitude to Grid
ldmultinom	log multinomial Density
LogNormalPriorCh	Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Log-normal Distribution
mapvariable	Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map
normalize	Normalize vector to sum to 1.
NumericVectorEquality	Test if two numeric vectors are equal
NYleukemia	Upstate New York Leukemia Data
pennLC	Pennsylvania Lung Cancer
plotmap	Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map
polygon2spatial_polygon	Convert a Polygon to a Spatial Polygons Object
scotland	Lip Cancer in Scotland
SpatialEpi	Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology
zones	Create set of all single zones and output geographical information