Statistical Methods in Cancer Research (IARC Scientific Publications) - Softcover

Breslow, N.E.; Day, N.E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9283201825 ISBN 13: 9789283201823

Publisher: World Health Organization, 1986

Synopsis

Together with Volume I, this work provides a comprehensive account of the major types of studies in cancer epidemiology. Its scope ranges from an account of elementary and descriptive cohort analyses to the fitting of regression models for incidence rates with general risk functions. Particular attention is given to the use of a case-control approach embedded in a cohort study. As in the first volume, all methods are illustrated by examples from real studies, and the data are appended to the text, enabling readers to rework the computations.

About this title

About the Author:

N. E. Breslow, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle. N. E. Day, Director, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, and former Chief, Unit of Biostatistics and Field Studies, IARC.

Review:

"This book is to be thoroughly recommended to anybody engaged in the analysis of cancer incidence and mortality data. Many of the techniques contained are applicable to the study of mortality data from other causes, so that anybody concerned with mortality statistics should find it useful." --International Journal of Epidemiology

"It should find its way into the library of every serious researcher in the field of chronic disease epidemiology." --Chronic Diseases in Canada

"Contains a very comprehensive development of statistical methods for epidemiologic cohort studies of cancer. . . .The book's detailed examples and extensive bibliography allow its use as an effective text. . . .Can be a valuable reference for both epidemiologists and statisticians." --Journal of the American Statistical Association

About this edition

• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 9283201825
• ISBN 13: 9789283201823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406