Professor Nicky Best

Publications


Journals

  • Dimopoulos K; Giannakoulas G; Bendayan I; Liodakis E; Petracco R; Diller GP; Piepoli MF; Swan L; et alMullen M; Best N; Poole-Wilson PA; Francis DP; Rubens MB; Gatzoulis MA. (30 Nov 2011). Cardiothoracic ratio from postero-anterior chest radiographs: A simple, reproducible and independent marker of disease severity and outcome in adults with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol. DOI.
  • Best N; Ashby D; Dunstan F; Foreman D; McIntosh N. (Nov 2011). A Bayesian approach to complex clinical diagnoses: a case study in child abuse. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society.
  • Mason A; Richardson S; Best N. (Nov 2011). Two-pronged strategy for using DIC to compare selection models with non-ignorable missing responses. Bayesian Analysis.
  • McCandless L; Richardson S; Best N. (Nov 2011). Adjustment for Missing Confounders Using External Validation Data and Propensity Scores. Journal of the American Statistical Association.
  • Haining R; Li GQ; Maheswaran R; Blangiardo M; Law J; Richardson S; Best N. (Jul 2010). Inference from ecological models: estimating the relative risk of stroke from air pollution exposure using small area data. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. 1:123-131.
  • Geneletti S; Mason A; Best N. (Jan 2011). Adjusting for selection effects in epidemiologic studies: why sensitivity analysis is the only "solution". Epidemiology. 22:36-39. DOI.
  • Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Martinez D; Grellier J; Bennett J; Best N; Iszatt N; Vrijheid M; Toledano MB. (Oct 2010). Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and congenital anomalies: review and meta-analyses. Cien Saude Colet. 15 Suppl 2:3109-3123.
  • Rehfuess EA; Briggs DJ; Joffe M; Best N. (Oct 2010). Bayesian modelling of household solid fuel use: insights towards designing effective interventions to promote fuel switching in Africa. Environ Res. 110:725-732. DOI.
  • Elliott P; Toledano MB; Bennett J; Beale L; de Hoogh K; Best N; Briggs DJ. (2010). Mobile phone base stations and early childhood cancers: case-control study. BMJ. 340:c3077.
  • Lunn DJ; Best N; Whittaker JC. (Dec 2009). Generic reversible jump MCMC using graphical models. STAT COMPUT. 19:395-408. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Diller GP; Petraco R; Koltsida E; Giannakoulas G; Tay EL; Best N; Piepoli MF; et alFrancis DP; Poole-Wilson PA; Gatzoulis MA. (Mar 2010). Hyponatraemia: A strong predictor of mortality in adults with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 31:595-601. DOI.
  • Lunn D; Spiegelhalter D; Thomas A; Best N. (10 Nov 2009). Rejoinder to commentaries on 'The BUGS project: Evolution, critique and future directions'. STAT MED. 28:3081-3082. DOI.
  • Lunn D; Spiegelhalter D; Thomas A; Best N. (10 Nov 2009). The BUGS project: Evolution, critique and future directions. STAT MED. 28:3049-3067. DOI.
  • Rehfuess EA; Tzala L; Best N; Briggs DJ; Joffe M. (Nov 2009). Solid fuel use and cooking practices as a major risk factor for ALRI mortality among African children. J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H. 63:887-892. DOI.
  • Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Martinez D; Grellier J; Bennett J; Best N; Iszatt N; Vrijheid M; Toledano MB. (Oct 2009). Chlorination Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water and Congenital Anomalies: Review and Meta-Analyses. ENVIRON HEALTH PERSP. 117:1486-1493. DOI.
  • Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Grellier J; Smith R; Iszatt N; Bennett J; Best N; Toledano M. (13 Oct 2009). The epidemiology and possible mechanisms of disinfection by-products in drinking water. PHILOS T R SOC A. 367:4043-4076. DOI.
  • Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Smith R; Golfinopoulos S; Best N; Bennett J; Aggazzotti G; Righi E; Fantuzzi G; et alBucchini L; Cordier S; Villanueva CM; Moreno V; La Vecchia C; Bosetti C; Vartiainen T; Rautiu R; Toledano M; Iszatt N; Grazuleviciene R; Kogevinas M. (Jun 2009). Health impacts of long-term exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water in Europe: HIWATE. J WATER HEALTH. 7:185-207. DOI.
  • Molitor NT; Best N; Jackson C; Richardson S. (2009). Using Bayesian graphical models to model biases in observational studies and to combine multiple sources of data: application to low birth weight and water disinfection by-products. J ROY STAT SOC A STA. 172:615-637.
  • Joffe M; Key J; Best N; Jensen TK; Keiding N. (Aug 2009). The role of biological fertility in predicting family size. Hum Reprod. 24:1999-2006. DOI.
  • Hansell AL; Best NG; Rushton L. (Apr 2009). Lessons from ecological and spatial studies in relation to occupational lung disease. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 9:87-92. DOI.
  • Best N; Hansell AL. (May 2009). Geographic variations in risk: adjusting for unmeasured confounders through joint modeling of multiple diseases. Epidemiology. 20:400-410. DOI.
  • Jackson CH; Best NG; Richardson S. (Apr 2009). Bayesian graphical models for regression on multiple data sets with different variables. BIOSTATISTICS. 10:335-351. DOI.
  • Lunn D; Best N; Spiegelhalter D; Graham G; Neuenschwander B. (Feb 2009). Combining MCMC with 'sequential' PKPD modelling. J PHARMACOKINET PHAR. 36:19-38. DOI.
  • Key J; Best N; Joffe M; Jensen TK; Keiding N. (1 Feb 2009). Methodological Issues in Analyzing Time Trends in Biologic Fertility: Protection Bias. AM J EPIDEMIOL. 169:285-293. DOI.
  • Jackson CH; Richardson S; Best NG. (Dec 2008). Studying place effects on health by synthesising individual and area-level outcomes. SOC SCI MED. 67:1995-2006. DOI.
  • Abellan JJ; Richardson S; Best N. (Aug 2008). Use of space-time models to investigate the stability of patterns of disease. Environ Health Perspect. 116:1111-1119. DOI.
  • Jackson C; Best N; Elliott P. (Apr 2008). UK Biobank pilot study: Stability of haematological and clinical chemistry analytes. INT J EPIDEMIOL. 37:16-22. DOI.
  • Geneletti S; Richardson S; Best N. (Jan 2009). Adjusting for selection bias in retrospective, case-control studies. Biostatistics. 10:17-31. DOI.
  • Dimopoulos K; Diller GP; Koltsida E; Pijuan-Domenech A; Papadopoulou SA; Babu-Narayan SV; Salukhe TV; Piepoli MF; et alPoole-Wilson PA; Best N; Francis DP; Gatzoulis MA. (6 May 2008). Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic value of renal dysfunction in adults with congenital heart disease. Circulation. 117:2320-2328. DOI.
  • Tzala E; Best N. (Feb 2008). Bayesian latent variable modelling of multivariate spatio-temporal variation in cancer mortality. STAT METHODS MED RES. 17:97-118. DOI.
  • Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Toledano MB; Bennett J; Best N; Hambly P; de Hoogh C; Wellesley D; Boyd PA; et alAbramsky L; Dattani N; Fawell J; Briggs D; Jarup L; Elliott P. (Feb 2008). Chlorination disinfection by-products and risk of congenital anomalies in England and Wales. ENVIRON HEALTH PERSP. 116:216-222. DOI.
  • Jackson C; Best N; Richardson S. (2008). Hierarchical related regression for combining aggregate and individual data in studies of socio-economic disease risk factors. J ROY STAT SOC A STA. 171:159-178.
  • Clements ACA; Pfeiffer DU; Martin V; Pittiglio C; Best N; Thiongane Y. (2007). Spatial risk assessment of Rift Valley fever in Senegal. VECTOR-BORNE ZOONOT. 7:203-216. DOI.
  • Richardson S; Best N. (Mar 2003). Bayesian hierarchical models in ecological studies of health-environment effects. ENVIRONMETRICS. 14:129-147.
  • Joffe, M; Bennett, J; Best, N; Kold Jensen, T. Is sex ratio related to sub-fecundity?. British Medical Journal.
  • Lunn, D; Whittaker, J; Best, N. (2006). A Bayesian toolkit for genetic association studies. Genetic Epidemiology. (to appear).
  • Reichenheim M; Best N. (2000). A Bayesian approach to estimate the prevalence of low height-for-age from the prevalence of low weight-for-age. Cadernos de Salude Publica, Rio de Janerio (Reports in Public Health). 16:517-531.
  • Bernardinelli L; Pascutto C; Best N; Gilks W. (1997). Disease mapping with errors in covariates. Statistics in Medicine. 7, 16:741-752. Author weblink.
  • Brayne C; Best N; Muir M; Richards S; Gill C. (1997). Five-year incidence and prediction of dementia and cognitive decline in a population sample of women aged 70-79 at baseline. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 12:1107-1118.
  • Best N; Spiegelhalter D; Thomas, A; Brayne C. (1996). Bayesian analysis of realistically complex models. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A. 159:323-342.
  • Best N; Trull A; Tan K; Spiegelhalter D; Cary N; Wallwork J. (1996). Pharmacodynamics of cyclosporin in heart-lung transplant recipients: Part I: Risk factors for heart allograft rejection. Transplantation. 62:1429-1435.
  • Best N; Trull A; Tan K; Spiegelhalter D; Stewart S; Wallwork J. (1996). Pharmacodynamics of cyclosporin in heart-lung transplant recipients: Part II: Risk factors for lung allograft rejection. Transplantation. 62:1436-1441.
  • Best N; Tan K; Trull A; Spiegelhalter D. (1995). Estimation of population pharmacokinetics using the Gibbs sampler. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. 23:407-435.
  • Best N; Trull A; Tan K; Spiegelhalter D; Wreghitt T; Wallwork J. (1995). Blood cyclosporin concentrations and cytomegalovirus infection following heart transplantation. Transplantation. 60:689-694.
  • Gilks W; Best N; Tan K. (1995). Adaptive Rejection Metropolis Sampling for Gibbs sampling. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C. 44:455-473.
  • Gilks W; Clayton D; Spiegelhalter D; Best N; McNeil A; Sharples L; Kirby A. (1993). Modelling complexity: applications of Gibbs sampling in medicine. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B. 55:39-52.
  • Tan K; Trull A; Hue K; Best N; Wallwork J; Higenbottam T. (1993). Pharmacokinetics of cyclosporin heart-lung transplant candidates and recipients with cystic fibrosis and Eisenmenger syndrome. Clinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 53:544-554.
  • Best N; Tan K; Uttridge J; Trull A; Spiegelhalter D; Angangco R; Gardner T; Evans D; et alJamieson N. (1992). The design and analysis of acceptability studies - assessment of a new oral liquid formulation of cyclosporin. Journal of Pharmaceutical Medicine. 2:131-138.
  • Best N; Trull A; Tan K; Hue K; Spiegelhalter D; Gore S; Wallwork J. (1992). Blood cyclosporin concentrations and the short-term risk of lung rejection following heart-lung transplantation. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 34:513-520.
  • Trull A; Best N; Tan K; Hue K; Higenbottam T; Large S; Wallwork J. (1992). Blood cyclosporin concentrations but not dose correlate with acute changes in renal function following heart and heart-lung transplantation. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 14:275-280.
  • Joffe M; Bennett J; Best N; Jensen TK. (10 Mar 2007). Sex ratio and time to pregnancy: analysis of four large European population surveys. BRIT MED J. 334:524-526A. DOI.
  • Joffe M; Bennett J; Best N; Jensen TK. (10 Mar 2007). Sex ratio and time to pregnancy: analysis of four large European population surveys. BMJ. 334:524. DOI.
  • Jackson C; Best N; Richardson S. (30 Jun 2006). Improving ecological inference using individual-level data. Stat Med. 25:2136-2159. DOI.
  • Lunn DJ; Whittaker JC; Best N. (Apr 2006). A Bayesian toolkit for genetic association studies. Genet Epidemiol. 30:231-247. DOI.
  • Joffe M; Key J; Best N; Keiding N; Jensen TK. (Mar 2006). Human fertility decline?. Epidemiology. 17:238. DOI.
  • Richardson S; Abellan JJ; Best N. (2006). Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis of joint patterns of male and female lung cancer risks in Yorkshire (UK). STAT METHODS MED RES. 15:385-407. DOI.
  • Joffe M; Key J; Best N; Keiding N; Scheike T; Jensen TK. (15 Jul 2005). Studying time to pregnancy by use of a retrospective design. Am J Epidemiol. 162:115-124. DOI.
  • Whitaker H; Best N; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Wakefield J; Fawell J; Elliott P. (Mar 2005). Modelling exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water for an epidemiological study of adverse birth outcomes. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 15:138-146. DOI.
  • Best N; Richardson S; Thomson A. (Feb 2005). A comparison of Bayesian spatial models for disease mapping. Stat Methods Med Res. 14:35-59.
  • Toledano MB; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Best N; Whitaker H; Hambly P; de Hoogh C; Fawell J; Jarup L; et alElliott P. (Feb 2005). Relation of trihalomethane concentrations in public water supplies to stillbirth and birth weight in three water regions in England. Environ Health Perspect. 113:225-232.
  • Joffe M; Key J; Best N; Jensen TK. (Aug 2004). Studying human fertility. ENVIRON HEALTH PERSP. 112:A604-A605.
  • Richardson S; Thomson A; Best N; Elliott P. (Jun 2004). Interpreting posterior relative risk estimates in disease-mapping studies. Environ Health Perspect. 112:1016-1025.
  • Robertson C; Best N; Diamond J; Elliott P. (Apr 2004). Tracing ingestion of 'novel' foods in UK diets for possible health surveillance--a feasibility study. Public Health Nutr. 7:345-352. DOI.
  • Best N; Chambers R; Jackson C; Richardson S; Atkinson AC; Firth D; Jiang WX; Tanner MA; et alFienberg SE; Robert CP; Davison AC; Semadeni C; Besag J; Corder JK; Wolbrecht C; Richardson T; Salway R; Sheppard L; Thomson SR; Waller LA. (2004). Ecological inference for 2x2 tables - Discussion. J R STAT SOC A STAT. 167:426-445.
  • Marshall C; Best N; Bottle A; Aylin P. (2004). Statistical issues in the prospective monitoring of health outcomes across multiple units. J ROY STAT SOC A STA. 167:541-559.
  • Spiegelhalter DJ; Best NG. (15 Dec 2003). Bayesian approaches to multiple sources of evidence and uncertainty in complex cost-effectiveness modelling. STAT MED. 22:3687-3709. DOI.
  • Aylin P; Best N; Bottle A; Marshall C. (11 Oct 2003). Monitoring of mortality rates in primary care - Reply. LANCET. 362:1239-1239.
  • Jarup L; Best N. (Sep 2003). Editorial comment on Geographical differences in cancer incidence in the Belgian Province of Limburg by Bruntinx and colleagues. EUR J CANCER. 39:1973-1975. DOI.
  • Aylin P; Best N; Bottle A; Marshall C. (9 Aug 2003). Following Shipman: a pilot system for monitoring mortality rates in primary care. Lancet. 362:485-491. DOI.
  • Whitaker HJ; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Best NG. (May 2003). The relationship between water concentrations and individual uptake of chloroform: a simulation study. Environ Health Perspect. 111:688-694.
  • Whitaker H; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Best N; Fawell J; Gowers A; Elliot P. (Jan 2003). Description of trihalomethane levels in three UK water suppliers. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 13:17-23. DOI.
  • Whitaker H; Nieuwenhuijsen M; Best N. (Jul 2002). A simulation study to assess the relationship between tap water chloroform levels and uptake of chloroform. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 13:S111-S111.
  • Toledano MB; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Bennett J; Best N; Whitaker H; Cockings S; Fawell J; Jarup L; et alBriggs D; Elliott P. (Jul 2002). Chlorination disinfection by-products and adverse birth outocmes in Great Britain: Birthweight and still birth. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 13:S111-S111.
  • Lunn DJ; Best N; Thomas A; Wakefield J; Spiegelhalter D. (Jun 2002). Bayesian analysis of population PK/PD models: general concepts and software. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 29:271-307.
  • Maheswaran R; Strachan DP; Dodgeon B; Best NG. (Apr 2002). A population-based case-control study for examining early life influences on geographical variation in adult mortality in England and Wales using stomach cancer and stroke as examples. Int J Epidemiol. 31:375-382.
  • Jarup L; Best N; Toledano MB; Wakefield J; Elliott P. (10 Feb 2002). Geographical epidemiology of prostate cancer in Great Britain. Int J Cancer. 97:695-699.
  • Spiegelhalter DJ; Aylin P; Best NG; Evans SJW; Murray GD. (2002). Commissioned analysis of surgical performance using routine data: lessons from the Bristol inquiry. J ROY STAT SOC A STA. 165:191-221.
  • Aylin P; Spiegelhalter D; Best N; Murray GD; Elliott P. (15 Dec 2001). Was Bristol an outlier? Reply. LANCET. 358:2084-2084.
  • Neasham D; Dolk H; Vrijheid M; Jensen T; Best N. (Oct 2001). Stillbirth and neonatal mortality due to congenital anomalies: temporal trends and variation by small area deprivation scores in England and Wales, 1986-96. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 15:364-373.
  • Aylin P; Alves B; Best N; Cook A; Elliott P; Evans SJ; Lawrence AE; Murray GD; et alPollock J; Spiegelhalter D. (21 Jul 2001). Comparison of UK paediatric cardiac surgical performance by analysis of routinely collected data 1984-96: was Bristol an outlier?. Lancet. 358:181-187. DOI.
  • Toledano MB; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Bennett J; Best N; Whitaker H; Cockings S; Fawell J; Jarup L; et alBriggs D; Elliott P. (Jul 2001). Chlorination disinfection by-products and adverse birth outcomes in Great Britain: Birthweight and still birth. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 12:S62-S62.
  • Keegan T; Whitaker H; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Toledano MB; Elliott P; Fawell J; Wilkinson M; Best N. (Jul 2001). Use of routinely collected data on trihalomethane in drinking water for epidemiological purposes. Occup Environ Med. 58:447-452.
  • Toledano MB; Jarup L; Best N; Wakefield J; Elliott P. (1 Jun 2001). Spatial variation and temporal trends of testicular cancer in Great Britain. Br J Cancer. 84:1482-1487. DOI.
  • Bennett J; Pitman R; Jarman B; Innes J; Best N; Alves B; Cook A; Hart D; et alCoker R. (Feb 2001). A study of the variation in tuberculosis incidence and possible influential variables in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Cardiff in 1991-1995. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 5:158-163.
  • Best NG; Ickstadt K; Wolpert RL. (Dec 2000). Spatial Poisson regression for health and exposure data measured at disparate resolutions. J AM STAT ASSOC. 95:1076-1088.
  • Lunn DJ; Thomas A; Best N; Spiegelhalter D. (Oct 2000). WinBUGS - A Bayesian modelling framework: Concepts, structure, and extensibility. STAT COMPUT. 10:325-337.
  • Pascutto C; Wakefield JC; Best NG; Richardson S; Bernardinelli L; Staines A; Elliott P. (15 Sep 2000). Statistical issues in the analysis of disease mapping data. STAT MED. 19:2493-2519.
  • Toledano MB; Elliott P; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Whitaker H; Best NG; Cockings S; Jarup L; Fawell J. (Jul 2000). A retrospective cohort study of water disinfection by-products and adverse human birth outcomes in Great Britain. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 11:S110-S110.
  • Congdon P; Best N. (2000). Small area variation in hospital admission rates: Bayesian adjustment for primary care and hospital factors. J ROY STAT SOC C-APP. 49:207-226.
  • Wakefield J; Best N. (Jul 1999). Accounting for inaccuracies in population counts and case registration in cancer mapping studies. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 10:S132-S132.
  • Best N; Bennett J; Cockings S; Maheswaran R; Wakefield J; Elliott P. (Jul 1999). Density of truck traffic and respiratory health of infants in London. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 10:S54-S54.
  • Cockings S; Best N; Elliott P; Falconer S. (Jul 1999). Deriving measures of traffic-related pollution exposure using GIS techniques. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 10:S138-S138.
  • Best N; Elliott P; Wakefield J; Cockings S; Bennett J. (Jul 1999). Ecological, analysis of car traffic denisty and childhood leukaemia. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 10:S60-S60.
  • Glasbey C; Preece DA; Diggle PJ; Pearce SC; Kunsch HR; Gilmour SG; Fernandez C; Green P; et alButler N; Bailey RA; Smith RL; Silverman B; Jennison C; Barnard G; Bartlett MS; Best NG; Ickstadt K; Wolpert RL; Byers S; Davison AC; Edmondson RN; Federer WT; Gilmour A; Cullis B; Smith A; Verbyla A; Gumpertz M; Harville DA; Zimmerman DL; MacEachern SN; Mead R; Moller J; Waagepetersen R; Patterson HD; Talbot M; Tantrum J. (1999). Bayesian analysis of agricultural field experiments - Discussion. J ROY STAT SOC B. 61:717-746.
  • Berzuini C; Best NG; Gilks WR; Larizza C. (Dec 1997). Dynamic conditional independence models and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. J AM STAT ASSOC. 92:1403-1412.
  • Gilks WR; Neal RM; Best NG; Tan KKC. (1997). Adaptive rejection Metropolis sampling (vol 44, pg 455, 1995). APPL STAT-J ROY ST C. 46:541-542.
  • OHagan A; Smith CAB; Jennison C; Barnard GA; Bisson AN; Wilson N; Palmer C; Spiegelhalter D; et alBest N; Dawid AP; Geyer CJ; Aitkin M; Bartlett MS; Brown PJ; Chatfield C; Coolen FPA; Cox DR; Geisser S; Golstein M; Good IJ; Hampel F; Hutton JL; Kyburg HE; Levi I; Lindley DV; Pericchi LR; Rotondi R; Seidenfeld T; Wasserman L; Walker S. (1996). Inferences from multinomial data: Learning about a bag of marbles - Discussion. J ROY STAT SOC B MET. 58:34-57.

Books

  • Best NG. Elliott P (ed); Wakefield JC (ed); Best NG (ed); Briggs DJ (ed). Spatial Epidemiology: Methods and Applications. Oxford University Press (2000). Author weblink.

Chapters in books

  • Best NG; Ickstadt K; Wolpert RP; Cockings S; Elliott P; Bottle A; Bennett J; Reed S. Modelling the impact of traffic-related air pollution on childhood respiratory illness. In Lecture notes in statistics 162: case studies in bayesian statistics. 183-259. (2002).
  • Wakefield JC; Best NG; Waller LA. Bayesian approaches to disease mapping. In Spatial Epidemiology: Methods and Applications. 104-127. Elliott P (ed); Wakefield JC (ed); Best NG (ed); Briggs DJ (ed). Oxford University Press (2000). Author weblink.
  • Best NG; Ickstadt K; Wolpert RL; Briggs DJ. Combining models of health and exposure data: the SAVIAH study. In Spatial Epidemiology: Methods and Applications. 393-414. Elliott P (ed); Wakefield JC (ed); Best NG (ed); Briggs DJ (ed). Oxford University Press (2000). Author weblink.
  • Best NG; Thomas A. Bayesian Graphical Models and Software for GLMs. In Generalised Linear Models: A Bayesian Perspective. Dey DK (ed); Ghosh SK (ed); Mallick B (ed). Marcel Dekker, New York (2000).
  • Best N. Bayesian Ecological Modelling. In Disease Mapping and Risk Assesment for Public Health. 193-201. Lawson A (ed); Biggeri A (ed); Boehning D (ed); Lessafre E (ed); Viel J (ed); Bertollini R (ed). John Wiley and Sons, Chichester (1999).
  • Best N; Arnold R; Thomas A; Waller L; Conlon E. Bayesian models for spatially correlated disease and exposure data. In Bayesian Statistics 6. 131-156. Bernardo J (ed); Berger J (ed); Dawid AP (ed); Smith AFM (ed). Oxford University Press, Oxford (1999).
  • Elliott P; Best N. Geographical patterns of disease. In Encyclopaedia of Biostatistics. 1694-1702. Armitage P (ed); Colton T (ed). John Wiley and Sons (1998).
  • Spiegelhalter D; Best N; Gilks W; Inskip H. Hepatitis: a case study in MCMC methods. In Markov chain Monte Carlo Methods in Practice. 21-43. Gilks W (ed); Richardson S (ed); Spiegelhalter D (ed). Chapman and Hall, New York (1995).
  • Spiegelhalter D; Thomas A; Best N. Computation on Bayesian graphical models. In Bayesian Statistics 5. 407-425. Bernardo J (ed); Berger J (ed); Dawid AP (ed); Smith AFM (ed). Oxford University Press, Oxford (1995).

Conferences

  • Elliott P; Toledano MB; Bennett JE; Beale L; de Hoogh K; Best N; Briggs DJ. Case-control Study of Mobile Phone Base Stations and Early Childhood Cancers. 22:S52-S53. (Jan 2011).
  • Toledano M; Bennett J; Molitor J; Best N; Fawell J; Elliott P; Nieuwenhuijsen M. Risk of Low Birth Weight in Relation to Trihalomethane Concentrations in Public Water Supply: A National Study Using Multiple Data Sources. 20:S180-S181. (Nov 2009).
  • Abellan JJ; Fecht D; Best N; Richardson S; Briggs DJ. Bayesian analysis of the multivariate geographical distribution of the socio-economic environment in England. 18:745-758. (Nov 2007). DOI.
  • Toledano M; Elliott P; Briggs D; Best N; De Hoogh C; Bennett J. Case control study of cancer incidence in childhood and proximity to mobile phone base stations. 18:S129-S130. (Sep 2007).
  • Nieuwenhuijsen M; Group DW; Lenore A; Patr B; Toledano M; Best N; Bennett J; Briggs D. Water chlorination by-products and congenital anomalies in England and Wales. 18:S86-S86. (Sep 2007).
  • Abellan JJ; Richardson S; Best N. Spatial versus spatiotemporal disease mapping. 19th Annual Conference of the International-Society-for-Environmental-Epidemiology. 18:S111-S111. (Sep 2007).
  • Best N; Wakefield J. Accounting for inaccuracies in population counts and case registration in cancer mapping studies. Conference on Applicatons of Random Effects/Multilevel Models to Categorical Data in Social Science and Medicine. 162:363-382. (Mar 1999).
  • Best NG; Arnold RA; Thomas A; Waller LA; Conlon EM. Bayesian models for spatially correlated disease and exposure data. 6th Valencia International Meeting on Bayesian Statistics. 131-156. (1999).
  • Spiegelhalter DJ; Best NG; Carlin BR; van der Linde A. Bayesian measures of model complexity and fit. Annual Meeting of the Royal-Statistical-Society. 64:583-616. (Apr 2002).
  • Tzala EH; Marshall C; Best N. Multivariate analysis of spatial and temporal variation in cancer mortality in Greece. 15th Conference of the International-Society-for-Environment-Epidemiology. 14:S79-S80. (Sep 2003).
  • Hansell A; Knorr-Held L; Best N; Schmid V; Aylin P. COPD mortality trends 1950-1999 in England & Wales - Did the 1956 Clean Air Act make a detectable difference?. 15th Conference of the International-Society-for-Environment-Epidemiology. 14:S55-S55. (Sep 2003).
  • Toledano MB; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Best NG; Whitaker H; De Hoogh C; Cobley N; Fawell J; Elliott P. Chlorination disinfection by-products and adverse birth outcomes: A retrospective cohort study in three regions in England. 15th Conference of the International-Society-for-Environment-Epidemiology. 14:S39-S39. (Sep 2003).
  • Hansell AL; Held L; Best N; Schmid V; Aylin P. Did the 1956 Clean Air Act make a difference to COPD mortality trends 1950-1999?. Winter Meeting of the British Thoracic-Society. 58:74-75. (Dec 2003).
  • Hansell A; Best N; Aylin P. Spatial variations in chronic obstructive respiratory disease mortality in the UK. 16th Conference of the International-Society-for-Environmental-Epidemiology. 15:S41-S42. (Jul 2004).
  • Tzala E; Rehfuess E; Naidoo N; Best N. Solid fuel use and children's respiratory health - New insights from 51 countries. ISEE/ISEA 2006 Conference. 17:S360-S361. (Nov 2006).
  • Best N; Jackson C; Richardson S. Modelling complexity in health and social sciences: Bayesian graphical models as a tool for combining multiple sources of information. 3rd ASC International Conference on Survey Research Methods. ASC (Sep 2005). Author weblink.
  • Nieuwenhuijsen M; Best N; Toledano M; Konstantinou K; Hamby P; De Hoogh K; Boyd P; Abramsky L; et alWellesley D; Dattani N; Fawell J; Briggs D; Jarup L; Elliott P. Water chlorination by-products and congenital anomalies in the United Kingdom. 17:S195-S195. (Nov 2006).
  • Briggs D; Toledano M; Best N; Beale L; Morris C; Elliott P. Case-control study of cancer incidence in early childhood and proximity to mobile phone base stations: Estimates of exposure. 17:S155-S155. (Nov 2006).
  • Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Toledano MB; Konstantinou K; Best N; Hambly P; de Hoogh K; Fawell J; Briggs D; et alJarup L; Elliott P. Water chlorination by-products and congenital anomalies. 16:S81-S82. (Sep 2005).
  • Toledano MB; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ; Best N; Whitaker HJ; Hambly P; de Hoogh C; Fawell J; Jarup L; et alElliott P. Relation of individual trimalomethane concentrations in public water supplies to stillbirth and birth weight prevalence in three water regions. 15:S105-S106. (Jul 2004).
  • Knorr-Held L; Best NG. A shared component model for detecting joint and selective clustering of two diseases. 164:73-85. (2001).
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