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Cancer Epidemiology : Principles and Methods by Isabel dos Santos Silva; International Agency for Research on Cancer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Cancer Epidemiology : Principles and Methods about?

A basic textbook addressed to medical and public health students, clinicians, health professionals, and all others seeking to understand the principles and methods used in cancer epidemiology. Written by a prominent epidemiologist and experienced teacher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the text aims to help readers become competent in the use of basic epidemiological tools and capable of exercising critical judgment when assessing results reported by others. Throughout the text, a lively writing style and numerous illustrative examples, often using real research data, facilitate an easy understanding of basic concepts and methods. Information ranges from an entertaining account of the origins of epidemiology, through advice on how to overcome some of the limitations of survival analysis, to a checklist of questions to ask when considering sources of bias. Although statistical concepts and formulae are presented, the emphasis is consistently on the interpretation of the data rather than on the actual calculations. The text has 18 chapters. The first six introduce the basic principles of epidemiology and statistics. Chapters 7-13 deal in more depth with each of

Who reads Cancer Epidemiology : Principles and Methods?

Author

Isabel dos Santos Silva; International Agency for Research on Cancer

Publisher

World Health Organization

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9789283204053

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Mathematics, Medicine