From healthmaps@home.com Thu Aug 30 05:14:49 2001 Received: from mxu101.u.washington.edu (mxu101.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f7UCEm054992 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:14:48 -0700 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by mxu101.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f7UCEm710689 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:14:48 -0700 Received: FROM femail26.sdc1.sfba.home.com BY mxu1.u.washington.edu ; Thu Aug 30 05:14:47 2001 -0700 Received: from c501522d ([24.19.225.248]) by femail26.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010830121444.WSKT568.femail26.sdc1.sfba.home.com@c501522d> for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:14:44 -0700 From: "Richard Hoskins" To: "WAPHGIS" Subject: WAPHGIS: online disease cluster advisor Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:14:44 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C13112.AE09E160" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C13112.AE09E160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check out http://www.terraseer.com/ There is a guide to data products http://www.terraseer.com/services/services_dataaccess.html an online disease cluster advisor. http://www.terraseer.com/csr/help/advisor/as.htm A new company specializing in two products BoundarySeer and ClusterSeer which will have enormous utility fir epidemiology. TerraSeer software provides rigorous statistical methods for geographic- and time-referenced data. It recognizes patterns such as clustering and boundaries, and then it assesses each pattern's significance using Monte Carlo methods. This approach does not force you to make unrealistic assumptions about your data, so you can let the statistics reflect your geography. Clusters of disease, such as leukemia or breast cancer, can be caused by environmental factors, or they can arise by chance. How can we tell whether an observed cluster is real? Use ClusterSeer. ClusterSeer's state-of-the-art methods allow you to determine whether a cluster is significant, where it is located, and when it arose, providing insight into the origin, causes, and correlates of disease. Dick Hoskins Spatial Epidemiology Office of the Assistant Secretary Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories WA State Dept of Health Olympia, WA (360) 236-4270 richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov GMT -7 "The Department of Health works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington State." ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C13112.AE09E160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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an online disease cluster = advisor. http://www.terr= aseer.com/csr/help/advisor/as.htm

A new = company=20 specializing in two products BoundarySeer and ClusterSeer which will = have=20 enormous utility fir epidemiology.
 
TerraSeer software provides rigorous=20 statistical methods for geographic- and time-referenced data. It = recognizes=20 patterns such as clustering and boundaries, and then it assesses each = pattern's=20 significance using Monte Carlo methods. This approach does not force you = to make=20 unrealistic assumptions about your data, so you can let the statistics = reflect=20 your geography.  
 

Clusters of disease, such as leukemia = or breast=20 cancer, can be caused by environmental factors, or they can arise by = chance. How=20 can we tell whether an observed cluster is real? Use ClusterSeer. = ClusterSeer's state-of-the-art methods allow you to determine = whether a=20 cluster is significant, where it is located, and when it arose, = providing=20 insight into the origin, causes, and correlates of=20 disease.

 

Dick Hoskins
Spatial Epidemiology
Office of the = Assistant=20 Secretary
Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health=20 Laboratories
WA State Dept of Health
Olympia, WA
(360)=20 236-4270
richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov
GMT -7

"The Department = of=20 Health works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington=20 State."

 
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