Epidemiology category: 338 books
by Professor Janet Peacock, Dr Philip Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
To practice evidence-based medicine, doctors need to understand how research is conducted and be able to critically appraise research evidence. A sound understanding of medical statistics is essential for the correct evaluation of medical research and the appropriate implementation of findings in...
by M. Harris, G. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2008
This new edition of Medical Statistics Made Easy 2nd edition enables readers to understand the key statistical techniques used throughout the medical literature.
Featuring a comprehensive updating of the 'Statistics at work' section, this new edition retains a consistent, concise, and user-friendly...
Easy Interpretation of Biostatistics E-Book
The Vital Link to Applying Evidence in Medical Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Learn biostatistics the easy way. This outstanding resource presents the key concepts you need to understand biostatistics and how to apply them in clinical medicine. Easy-to-understand examples and analogies explain complex concepts, and practical applications provide you with real tools for use...
Multivariable Analysis
A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Public Health Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Now in its third edition, this highly successful text has been fully revised and updated with expanded sections on cutting-edge techniques including Poisson regression, negative binomial regression, multinomial logistic regression and proportional odds regression. As before, it focuses on easy-to-follow...
Statistical Modeling for Biomedical Researchers
A Simple Introduction to the Analysis of Complex Data
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009
The second edition of this standard text guides biomedical researchers in the selection and use of advanced statistical methods and the presentation of results to clinical colleagues. It assumes no knowledge of mathematics beyond high school level and is accessible to anyone with an introductory background...
Regression Methods in Biostatistics
Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
This new book provides a unified, in-depth, readable introduction to the multipredictor regression methods most widely used in biostatistics: linear models for continuous outcomes, logistic models for binary outcomes, the Cox model for right-censored survival times, repeated-measures models for longitudinal...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The field of global health is expanding rapidly. An increasing number of trainees are studying and working with marginalized populations, often within low and middle-income countries. Such endeavours are beset by ethical dilemmas: mitigating power differentials, addressing cultural differences in...
Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
Modeling Change and Event Occurrence
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Change is constant in everyday life. Infants crawl and then walk, children learn to read and write, teenagers mature in myriad ways, the elderly become frail and forgetful. Beyond these natural processes and events, external forces and interventions instigate and disrupt change: test scores may rise...
Their Fate Is Our Fate
How Birds Foretell Threats to Our Health and Our World
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
At the heart of this book by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist and professor Peter Doherty is this striking observation: Birds detect danger to our health and the environment before we do. Following a diverse cast of bird species around the world—from tufted puffins in Puget Sound to griffon vultures...
The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911
The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine, as well as with the interactions of three different national powers: Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. In this fascinating case history,...
A Psoriasis Relief Guide For The Sufferer’s Psoriatic Skin
Find The Best Psoriasis Home Remedies, Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment, New Treatments For Psoriasis And Other Proven Natural Psoriasis Treatment For Your Psoriasis Skin Condition
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
There are currently 7.5 million psoriasis sufferers in The United States alone. Are you one of them? What treatment is best for you?
Psoriasis is more than just a skin disease. It’s actually a condition affecting the immune system. We know what psoriasis is, however, it’s not the fact...
Applied Multilevel Analysis
A Practical Guide for Medical Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2006
This is a practical introduction to multilevel analysis suitable for all those doing research. Most books on multilevel analysis are written by statisticians, and they focus on the mathematical background. These books are difficult for non-mathematical researchers. In contrast, this volume provides...
Clinical Trials Handbook
Design and Conduct
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
A systematic approach to all aspects of designing and conducting clinical trials
The success or failure of clinical trials hinges on hundreds of details that need to be developed, often under less than ideal conditions. Written by one of the world's leading trialists, Clinical Trials Handbook:...
Life and Death at Work
Industrial Accidents as a Case of Socially Produced Error
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013