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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965897903321

Autore

Broemeling Lyle D. <1939->

Titolo

Bayesian methods in epidemiology / / Lyle D. Broemeling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, : CRC Press, 2014

ISBN

1-04-022046-0

0-429-19505-2

1-4665-6497-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Collana

Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series

Disciplina

614.401519542

Soggetti

Epidemiology - Statistical methods

Bayesian statistical decision theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Chapman & Hall book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction to Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology; Chapter 2 - A Bayesian Perspective of Association between Risk Exposure and Disease; Chapter 3 - Bayesian Methods of Adjustment of Data; Chapter 4 - Regression Methods for Adjustment; Chapter 5 - A Bayesian Approach to Life Tables; Chapter 6 - A Bayesian Approach to Survival Analysis; Chapter 7 - Screening for Disease; Chapter 8 - Statistical Models for Epidemiology; Appendix A: Introduction to Bayesian Statistics; Appendix B: Introduction to WinBUGS; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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