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WILEY REFERENCE SERIES IN BIOSTATISTICS
Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods

Editors:
Mitchell H. Gail, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Jacques Benichou, University of Rouen, Medical School and Rouen University Hospital, France

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A landmark reference for the medical and health sciences...
Encyclopedia of Biostatistics

An essential single volume reference for practitioners and researchers...

1000 pages
ISBN: 0471 86641 5
Hardcover
Published: August 2000

Description

Featuring contributions from leading experts in academia, government and industry the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods, has been designed to complement existing texts on the subject by providing further extensive, up-to-date coverage of specialized topics and by introducing the reader to the research literature.

Offering a wealth of information in a single resource the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods...

Offers an excellent introduction to a vast array of topics
Includes in-depth coverage of the statistical underpinnings of contemporary epidemiologic methods
Features newly commissioned articles in addition to the existing 190, many of which have been updated and revised
Provides concise definitions and introductions to numerous concepts found in the current literature
Uses extensive cross-references helping to facilitate further research, and enabling the reader to locate definitions and related concepts

Featuring articles from the prestigious Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, many of which have been revised and updated to include recent developments, the Encylopedia of Epidemiologic Methods also includes newly commissioned articles reflecting the latest thinking in:

Cancer Registries
Birth Defect Registries
Meta Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies
Epidemiology Overview
Sample Size
Sex Ratio at Birth
Software for Design and Analysis

Encompassing all aspects of epidemiology...

In addition to featuring extensive articles in the areas of descriptive and analytic epidemiology, the Encyclopedia also provides the reader with:

Introductory articles for more specialised areas including:
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Occupational Epidemiology
Articles on Case-control Design covering such topics as:
- General principles
- Bias
- Hospital-based designs
- Nested designs
- Population-based designs
- Prevalent case designs
- Two-phase designs and Sequential designs
Substantial coverage of allied statistical methods including:
- Logistic regression
- Survival analysis
Extensive cross-references linking entries to related topics

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