Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)

Broemeling, Lyle D.

ISBN 10: 0367576341 / ISBN 13: 9780367576349

Published by Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)
• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367576341
• ISBN 13: 9780367576349
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Written by a biostatistics expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology presents statistical methods used in epidemiology from a Bayesian viewpoint. It employs the software package WinBUGS to carry out the analyses and offers the code in the text and for download online.

The book examines study designs that investigate the association between exposure to risk factors and the occurrence of disease. It covers introductory adjustment techniques to compare mortality between states and regression methods to study the association between various risk factors and disease, including logistic regression, simple and multiple linear regression, categorical/ordinal regression, and nonlinear models. The text also introduces a Bayesian approach for the estimation of survival by life tables and illustrates other approaches to estimate survival, including a parametric model based on the Weibull distribution and the Cox proportional hazards (nonparametric) model. Using Bayesian methods to estimate the lead time of the modality, the author explains how to screen for a disease among individuals that do not exhibit any symptoms of the disease.

With many examples and end-of-chapter exercises, this book is the first to introduce epidemiology from a Bayesian perspective. It shows epidemiologists how these Bayesian models and techniques are useful in studying the association between disease and exposure to risk factors.

About the Author

Lyle D. Broemeling