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  title info:
    title: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
    sub title: A Primer for Health and Biomedical Professionals
  name:
    name part: Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2004
    edition: Third Edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 244 p. online resource.
  abstract: Since the publication of the first edition, BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY has continued to garner loyal readers from across speciality areas in the biomedical community. BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY provides clear, concise explanations of the underlying principles of statistics and epidemiology, as well as practical guidelines of "how to do it" and "how to interpret it." Through its several editions, BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY has continued to adapt to evolving areas of research in epidemiology and statistics, while maintaining the original objective of being non-threatening, understandable and accessible to those with limited or no background in mathematics. Two new areas are covered in the third edition: genetic epidemiology and research ethics. With the sequencing of the human genome, there has been a flowering of research into the genetic basis of health and disease, and especially the interactions between genes and environmental exposures. The medical literature in genetic epidemiology is vastly expanding and some knowledge of the epidemiological designs and an acquaintance with the statistical methods used in such research is necessary in order to be able to appreciate new findings. Thus this edition includes a new chapter on genetic epidemiology as well as an Appendix describing the basics necessary for an understanding of genetic research. Such material is not usually found in first level epidemiology or statistics books, but it is presented here in a basic, and hopefully easily comprehensible way, for those unfamiliar with the field. The second new chapter is on research ethics, also not usually covered in basic textbooks, but critically important in all human research . New material has also been added to several existing chapters. I hope this book will be useful to diverse groups of people in the health field, as well as to those in related areas. The material is intended for (1) physicians doing clinical research as well as for those doing basic r…
  table of contents: The Scientific Method -- A Little Bit of Probability -- Mostly about Statistics -- Mostly about Epidemiology -- Mostly about Screening -- Mostly about Clinical Trials -- Mostly about Quality of Life -- Mostly about Genetic Epidemiology -- Research Ethics and Statistics.
  note: by Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Epidemiology
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Statistics
  subject:
    topic: Medicine & Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Epidemiology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences, general
  subject:
    topic: Biomedicine general
  subject:
    topic: Medicine/Public Health, general
  subject:
    topic: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences
  classification: RA648.5-654
  classification: 614.4
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9780387218298
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97631
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    record change date: 20141217102432.0
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