title: Spatial-temporal analysis of mortality using splines.
abstract: A method for constructing contour maps in disease mapping using smoothing splines is presented. Smoothing errors are discussed and error maps suggested. The approach is illustrated for mortality data on cardiovascular diseases in northwestern Germany (Lower Saxony and Bremen) 1970-1979.
authors.affiliation: Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Linde
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Witzko
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jöckel
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009026:Mortality