Statistical Models in Epidemiology, the Environment, and Clinical Trials

Halloran, M.Elizabeth (Edited by)/ Berry, Donald (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 0387989242 / ISBN 13: 9780387989242

Published by Springer, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statistical Models in Epidemiology, the Environment, and Clinical Trials
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387989242
• ISBN 13: 9780387989242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.32 kilograms

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Synopsis

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications STATISTICAL MODELS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, THE ENVIRONMENT,AND CLINICAL TRIALS is a combined proceedings on "Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials" and "Statistics and Epidemiology: Environment and Health. " This volume is the third series based on the proceedings of a very successful 1997 IMA Summer Program on "Statistics in the Health Sciences. " I would like to thank the organizers: M. Elizabeth Halloran of Emory University (Biostatistics) and Donald A. Berry of Duke University (Insti­ tute of Statistics and Decision Sciences and Cancer Center Biostatistics) for their excellent work as organizers of the meeting and for editing the proceedings. I am grateful to Seymour Geisser of University of Minnesota (Statistics), Patricia Grambsch, University of Minnesota (Biostatistics); Joel Greenhouse, Carnegie Mellon University (Statistics); Nicholas Lange, Harvard Medical School (Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital); Barry Margolin, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Biostatistics); Sandy Weisberg, University of Minnesota (Statistics); Scott Zeger, Johns Hop­ kins University (Biostatistics); and Marvin Zelen, Harvard School of Public Health (Biostatistics) for organizing the six weeks summer program. I also take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Army Research Office (ARO), whose financial support made the workshop possible. Willard Miller, Jr.