Biostatistics and Epidemiology A Primer for Health and Biomedical Professionals /

• Main Authors: Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia (Author), Smoller, Jordan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Laboratory medicine.; Public health.; Epidemiology.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Laboratory Medicine.; Public Health.

Since the publication of the first edition, Biostatistics and Epidemiology has attracted loyal readers from across specialty areas in the biomedical community. Not only does this textbook teach foundations of epidemiological design and statistical methods, but it also includes topics applicable to n...

Table of Contents:

• The Scientific Method
• Probability
• Statistics
• Epidemiology.-Screening
• Clinical Trials
• Quality of Life
• Genetic Epidemiology
• Risk Prediction and Reclassification
• Research Ethics and Statistics
• Postscript
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Appendix F
• References
• Suggested Readings
• Index.