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" Statistical models in epidemiology / "
David Clayton and Michael Hills.
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BL
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623962
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Clayton, David,1944-
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Statistical models in epidemiology /\ David Clayton and Michael Hills.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1993.
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Oxford science publications
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viii, 367 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0198522215 (H'bk)
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: 9780198522218 (H'bk)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-347) and index.
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| Contents
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Probability models -- Conditional probability models -- Likelihood -- Consecutive follow-up intervals -- Rates -- Time -- Competing risks and selection -- Gaussian probability model -- Approximate likelihoods -- Likelihood, probability, and confidence -- Null hypotheses and p-values -- Small studies -- Likelihoods for the rate ration -- Confounding and standardization -- Comparison of rates within strata -- Case-control studies -- Likelihoods for the odds ratio -- Comparison of odds within strata -- Individually matched case-control studies -- Tests for trend -- Size of investigations -- Introduction to regression models -- Poisson and logistic regression -- Testing hypotheses -- Models for dose-response -- More about interaction -- Choice and interpretation of models -- Additivity and synergism -- Conditional logistic regression -- Cox's regression analysis -- Time-varying explanatory variables -- Three examples -- Nested case-control studies -- Gaussian regression models -- Postscript -- Exponentials and logarithms -- Some basic calculus -- Approximate profile likelihoods.
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(cont) Table of the chi-squared distribution.
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This self-contained account of the statistical basis of epidemiology has been written for those with a basic training in biology. It is specifically intended for students enrolled for a masters degree in epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, or biostatistics.
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Epidemiology-- Statistical methods.
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Epidemiology.
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Models, Statistical.
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RA652.2.M3C53 1993
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Hills, Michael.
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