Author: Lester R. CurtinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Age
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Direct Standardization (age-adjusted Death Rates)
Author: Lester R. CurtinDirect Standardization (age-adjusted Death Rates)
Author: Lester R. CurtinReconsidering Age Adjustment Procedures
Author: National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Healthy People 2000 Statistical Notes
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health surveillance
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Cancer Registration
Author: Ole Møller JensenPublisher: IARC
ISBN: 9283211952
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Data obtained by population based cancer registries have a pivotal role in cancer control. Now also available in Spanish and French, this volume, which contains 15 authored chapters and four useful appendices, remains a standard reference for those planning to establish new cancer registries and those keen to adopt recognized methodologies. Information is given on the techniques required to collect, store, analyse and interpret data.
Vital and Health Statistics
Author: Epidemiology
Author: Standardization and Decomposition of Rates
Author: Prithwis Das GuptaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decomposition (Mathematics).
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Designed to impart a working knowlege of the application of the techniques of "standardization" and "decomposition" and interpretation of the results without getting the reader lost in the technical mathematical derivations. The techniques are i.
Essential Medical Statistics
Author: Betty R. KirkwoodPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444392840
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book hasbeen Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition.Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presentedin a delightful way. There are many books on statistics for doctorsbut there are few that are excellent and this is certainly one ofthem. Statistics is not an easy subject to teach or write about.The authors have succeeded in producing a book that is as good asit can get. For the keen student who does not want a book formathematicians, this is an excellent first book on medicalstatistics." Essential Medical Statistics is a classic amongst medicalstatisticians. An introductory textbook, it presents statisticswith a clarity and logic that demystifies the subject, whileproviding a comprehensive coverage of advanced as well as basicmethods. The second edition of Essential Medical Statistics hasbeen comprehensively revised and updated to include modernstatistical methods and modern approaches to statistical analysis,while retaining the approachable and non-mathematical style of thefirst edition. The book now includes full coverage of the mostcommonly used regression models, multiple linear regression,logistic regression, Poisson regression and Cox regression, as wellas a chapter on general issues in regression modelling. Inaddition, new chapters introduce more advanced topics such asmeta-analysis, likelihood, bootstrapping and robust standarderrors, and analysis of clustered data. Aimed at students of medical statistics, medical researchers,public health practitioners and practising clinicians usingstatistics in their daily work, the book is designed as both ateaching and a reference text. The format of the book is clear withhighlighted formulae and worked examples, so that all concepts arepresented in a simple, practical and easy-to-understand way. Thesecond edition enhances the emphasis on choice of appropriatemethods with new chapters on strategies for analysis and measuresof association and impact. Essential Medical Statistics is supported by a web siteat www.blackwellpublishing.com/essentialmedstats. Thisuseful online resource provides statistical datasets to download,as well as sample chapters and future updates.
Concepts of Epidemiology
Author: Raj S. BhopalPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198739680
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
First edition published in 2002. Second edition published in 2008.