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Probability, Statistics and Modelling in Public Health

By Mikhail Nikulin , Daniel Commenges , Marvin Zelen (auth.) , Catherine Huber (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
2006
ISBN
978-0-387-26022-8, 978-0-387-26023-5
DOI
10.1007/b136588
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3225948 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
480\500
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Health SciencesMedicineStatistics for Life Sciences

Description

Probability, Statistics and Modelling in Public Health consists of refereed contributions by expert biostatisticians that discuss various probabilistic and statistical models used in public health. Many of them are based on the work of Marvin Zelen of the Harvard School of Public Health. Topics discussed include models based on Markov and semi-Markov processes, multi-state models, models and methods in lifetime data analysis, accelerated failure models, design and analysis of clinical trials, Bayesian methods, pharmaceutical and environmental statistics, degradation models, epidemiological methods, screening programs, early detection of diseases, and measurement and analysis of quality of life. Audience This book is intended for researchers interested in statistical methodology in the biomedical field.

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