Bayesian Methods In Epidemiology Av Lyle D. (broemeling And Associates Inc. Usa.) Broemeling

<P>Written by a biostatistics expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, <STRONG>Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology</STRONG> 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.</P><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P>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

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