Statistics for epidemiology. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Nicholas P. Jewell.
• Other Names: Jewell, Nicholas P, 1952-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Measures of disease occurrence -- 3. The role of probability in observational studies -- 4. Measures of disease-exposure association -- 5. Study designs -- 6. Assessing significance in a 2x2 table -- 7. Estimation and inference for measures of association -- 8. Causal inference and extraneous factors: Confounding and interaction -- 9. Control of extraneous factors -- 10. Interaction -- 11. Exposures at several discrete levels -- 12. Regression models relating exposure to disease -- 13. Estimation of logistic regression model parameters -- 14. Confounding and interaction within logistic regression models -- 15. Goodness of fit tests for logistic regression models and model building -- 16. Matched studies -- 17. Alternatives and extensions to the logistic regression model -- 18. Epilogue: The examples.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 614.4/072/7; Epidemiology -- Statistical methods; Epidemiologic Methods; Statistics as Topic -- methods; Épidémiologie -- Méthodes statistiques; Epidemiology -- Statistical methods; Statistische methoden; Epidemiologie; Biometrie; Epidemiologia; Inferência estatística; Epidemiologie; Epidemiología -- Métodos estadísticos; Statistik
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482286014; 1482286017
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