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Quantitative Research in Human Biology and Medicine /

And conclusionschapter 27. medical versus mathematical statistics: sex ratio, life duration; summary; chapter 28. models and parameters: general remarks; summary; chapter 29. models and parameters: frustrated hopes in pharmacology; summary and conclusion; chapter 30. models and parameters: diphtheri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peller, Sigismund, 1890-1985 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1967.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Quantitative Research in Human Biology and Medicine; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. MEDICAL STATISTICS: TERM, CONTENTS, DEFINITION, AND SCOPE; CHAPTER 2. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AT THE DAWN OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE AND TODAY; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 3. ACCIDENTAL AND REPETITIVE OBSERVATIONS: CAUSATIVE RELATIONS; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 4. ASPECTS OF THE PAST: ACHIEVEMENTS; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 5. ASPECTS OF THE PAST: GROWTH, HEREDITY; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 6. ASPECTS OF THE PAST: SMALLPOX AND IMMUNITY; HOSPITAL STATISTICS; SUMMARY.
  • Chapter 7. historical statistics elucidating more recent problemssummary; chapter 8. epidemiological. discoveries by the use of quantitative logic; summary; chapter 9. questionable reliability of some official statistical sources: demodynamics; summary; chapter 10. questionable reliability of some official sources: complications; population explosion; summary and conclusions; chapter 11. questionable reliability of official sources: causes of death; summary; chapter 12. unwarranted quantitative statements and their refutation: cancer and tuberculosis; summary.
  • Chapter 13. quantitative approach to man's pathogenesis and complementary experimentation on man and animals: assets and pitfallssummary; chapter 14. cause and effect: prenatal growth; summary; chapter 15. cause and effect: maternal mortality; summary; chapter 16. cause and effect: perinatal mortality; summary; chapter 17. tuberculosis: heredity and environment; statistical methodology; summary and conclusion; chapter 18.menarche: unsuspected relations; summary and conclusion; chapter 19. intuitive guesses, observations, and experiments inphysical and life sciences; summary and conclusions.
  • Chapter 20. accidental observations and statistical reasoning in pathologysummary and conclusions; chapter 21. unsolved biological problems: multiple births; summary; chapter 22. unsolved biological problems: heredity of mental qualities; summary; chapter 23. unsolved problems in biopathology: functions of the tonsils; summary and conclusions; chapter 24. sociobiological relations: nutrition; summary and conclusions; chapter 25. sociobiological relations: marital status, tobacco; summary and conclusions; chapter 26. sociobiological relations: suicide, murder, accidents, and heroism.