title: Special section on spatial epidemiology based on nation-wide health-related registers with individual-level data.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
authors.forename: Annette Kjær
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ersbøll
authors.affiliation: Health Metrics Unit, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Strömberg
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011634:Public Health; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012984:Software; D062206:Spatial Analysis; D013269:Stochastic Processes