Chronic Disease Modelling: Measurement and Evaluation of the Risks of Chronic Disease Processes (Mathematics in Medicine, No 2) [Hardcover]

Kenneth G. Manton (Author), Eric Stallard (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195206177 | ISBN-13: 978-0195206173 | Publication Date: December 15, 1988 | Edition: 1

The existence of large longitudinal data files concerning the incidence of chronic disease offers ideal research opportunities; however, these depend on the development of new analytical methods. This volume begins by identifying the four major characteristics of model formation. It then presents in detail individual statistical models, each illustrated with numerical examples. The emphasis is on selecting and modifying appropriate and effective analytical models.

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Review

"This is an important book. Its authors have contributed extensively over the years to the literature on survival and event history analysis and related areas, and the book is to a great extent a synopsis of this work and that of their coworkers. It is intended as a broad reference to the field of chronic disease modelling . . . . With its ambitious and in-depth statistical modelling this book is a timely challenge to the more simple-minded approaches of traditional epidemiology, and it ought to have considerable impact both on analysis and on how data are collected. It is therefore important reading for statisticians and quantitative epidemiologists." --Statistics in Medicine

About the Author

Eric Stallard, Statistical Research Analyst, Center for Demographic Studies, both at Duke University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (December 15, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195206177
• ISBN-13: 978-0195206173
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,502,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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