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Analysing seasonal data

Barnett, Adrian G., Baker, Peter, & Dobson, Annette (2012) Analysing seasonal data. R Journal, 4(1), pp. 5-10.

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    Abstract

    Many common diseases, such as the flu and cardiovascular disease, increase markedly in winter and dip in summer. These seasonal patterns have been part of life for millennia and were first noted in ancient Greece by both Hippocrates and Herodotus. Recent interest has focused on climate change, and the concern that seasons will become more extreme with harsher winter and summer weather. We describe a set of R functions designed to model seasonal patterns in disease. We illustrate some simple descriptive and graphical methods, a more complex method that is able to model non-stationary patterns, and the case–crossover for controlling for seasonal confounding.

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    ID Code: 53394
    Item Type: Journal Article
    Keywords: season
    ISSN: 2073-4859
    Subjects: Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (010000) > STATISTICS (010400) > Applied Statistics (010401)
    Divisions: Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Health
    Current > Institutes > Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
    Current > Schools > School of Public Health & Social Work
    Copyright Owner: Copyright 2012 The Authors
    Deposited On: 30 Aug 2012 12:53
    Last Modified: 01 Sep 2012 16:00

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