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Epidemiologic analysis : a case-oriented approach /
Using real data from published sources, this casebook shows how statistical tools can be used to analyse important epidemiological issues.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Measurement of Trend (a 2 by c Table); Topic: Trends in Multiple Birth Defects; Methods: Chi-Square and Regression Techniques (Linear and Logistic); Data Type: Surveillance; 2. Odds Ratio and Relative Risk; Part I: Odds Ratio; Topic: Smoking and the Risk of Low Birth Weight; Methods: 2 by 2 by k Tables, Odds Ratios, Summary Odds Ratios and Logistic Regression; Part II: Relative Risk; Topic: Behavior Type and the Risk of Coronary Disease; Methods: 2 by 2 by k: Tables, Relative Risk, Summary Relative Risk and Poisson Regression; 3. Randomized Trial
- Topic: Alzheimer's Disease Clinical TrialMethods: t-Tests, Wilcoxon Tests, Bootstrap Estimation and Permutation Tests; Data Type: Randomized Trial; 4. Bias; Part I: Regression to the Mean; Topic: Bias in Repeated Blood Pressure Measurements; Methods: t-Test, Simple Linear Regression and Correlation; Part II: Misclassification; Topic: Bias from Misclassified Treatment/Control Status; Methods: Odds Ratios, Bootstrap Estimation and Confidence Intervals; 5. Goodness-of-Fit; Topic: Mendel's Ornamental Flower Data; Methods: Pearson's Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Tests; Data Type: Experimental
- 6. Analysis of a Two-Way TableTopic: Marital Status and the Risk of Rectal Cancer; Methods: r by c Table, Median Polish and Poisson Regression Models; Data Type: Survey/Incidence (Surveillance Data); 7. Cluster Analysis; Topic: Classification by Race/Ethnicity Based on Gene Frequencies; Methods: Graphic Cluster Analysis, Principal Components Analysis with Contour Plots; Data Type: Aggregate or Ecologic; 8. Matched Analysis (One Case and Two Controls); Topic: Electro-Magnetic Field Radiation and the Risk of a Birth Defect
- Methods: t-Tests, Analysis of Variance, Matched Analysis, and Conditional Logistic ModelsData Type: Matched Sets (Population-Based Vial Records); 9. Multivariable Linear Regression; Topic: Weight Gained During Pregnancy and Birth Weight; Methods: Multivariable Linear Regression Models; Data Type: Cross-Sectional (Hospital Database); 10. Linear Logistic Regression; Topic: Noise Exposure and the Risk of Hypertension; Methods: Linear and Polynomial Logistic Regression and General Additive Models; Data Type: Cross-Sectional (Industrial Hygiene Measurements); 11. Poisson Regression
- Part I: Standardized Mortality RatioTopic: Gender and the Risk of Stomach Cancer; Methods: Age Adjustment (Model Free), SMR and Poisson Regression Models; Part II: Adjusted Rates; Topic: Race, Birth Weight and Perinatal Mortality; Methods: Polynomial Regression Models; 12. Log-Linear Model (Poisson Model Applied to Tabular Data); Topic: Vitamin Use and the Risk of Neural Tube Defects; Methods: Log-Linear Models (Poisson Regression Models); Data Type: Case/Control (Medical Records); 13. Survival Analysis (Cox's Proportional Hazards Model); Topic: Prognostic Factors in the Development of AIDS