Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods. This item is unavailable.Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods

• Cancer Registries
• Birth Defect Registries
• Meta Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies
• Epidemiology Overview
• Sample Size
• Sex Ratio at Birth
• Software Design and Analysis

Featuring contributions from leading experts in academia, government and industry, the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods has been designed to complement existing texts on the subject by providing further extensive, up-to-date coverage of specialised topics and by introducing the reader to the research literature.

Offering a wealth of information in a single resource, the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods

• Offers an excellent introduction to a vast array of specialised topics
• Includes in-depth coverage of the statistical underpinnings of contemporary epidemiologic methods
• Provides concise definitions and introductions to numerous concepts found in the current literature
• Uses extensive cross-references, helping to facilitate further research, and enabling the reader to locate definitions and related concepts

In addition to featuring extensive articles in the areas of descriptive and analytic epidemiology, the Encyclopedia also provides the reader with articles on case-control design and offers substantial coverage of allied statistical methods.

Mithcell Gail is a Fellow and former President of the American Statistical Association, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.