Tag: Epidemiology

Free Download Modern Methods for Epidemiology By Graham R. Law, Rosie Green, George T. H. Ellison (auth.), Yu-Kang Tu, Darren C. Greenwood (eds.)
2012 | 316 Pages | ISBN: 9400730233 | PDF | 4 MB
Routine applications of advanced statistical methods on real data have become possible in the last ten years because desktop computers have become much more powerful and cheaper. However, proper understanding of the challenging statistical theory behind those methods remains essential for correct application and interpretation, and rarely seen in the medical literature. Modern Methods for Epidemiology provides a concise introduction to recent development in statistical methodologies for epidemiological and biomedical researchers. Many of these methods have become indispensible tools for researchers working in epidemiology and medicine but are rarely discussed in details by standard textbooks of biostatistics or epidemiology. Contributors of this book are experienced researchers and experts in their respective fields. This textbook provides a solid starting point for those who are new to epidemiology, and for those looking for guidance in more modern statistical approaches to observational epidemiology. Epidemiological and biomedical researchers who wish to overcome the mathematical barrier of applying those methods to their research will find this book an accessible and helpful reference for self-learning and research. This book is also a good source for teaching postgraduate students in medical statistics or epidemiology.

Free Download Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1439854254 | 993 Pages | PDF (True) | 30 MB
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared obesity a global epidemic. Its prevalence has more than doubled since 1980, causing a myriad of health problems for children and adults. Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention, Second Edition explores the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology leading to obesity and metabolic disord

Free Download Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health and Biomedical Professionals
English | 2024 | ISBN: 303153042X | 251 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 14 MB
This book teaches foundations of epidemiological design and statistical methods, as well as including topics applicable to new areas of research. Since the publication of the first edition, Biostatistics and Epidemiology has attracted loyal readers from various specialty areas in the biomedical community. The Fifth Edition includes coverage of fixed and random effects and mixed effects models; Poisson regression; constructing confidence intervals for U-shaped relationships; analysis of rare variants; Mendelian randomization; and aspects of machine learning and big data analytics. Biostatistics and Epidemiology was written to be accessible for readers without backgrounds in mathematics. It provides clear explanations of underlying principles, as well as practical guidelines of "how to do it" and "how to interpret it." Key features include a philosophical and logical explanation at the beginning of the book, subsections that can stand alone or serve as reference, cross-referencing, recommended reading, and appendices covering sample calculations for various statistics in the text.

Free Download Asbestos: Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health Effects; Third Edition
by Michele Carbone
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032521066 | 427 pages | True PDF | 105.27 MB

Free Download S. M. Yasir Arafat, "Suicide in Bangladesh: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention "
English | ISBN: 9819902916 | 2023 | 158 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book is about suicidal behavior in Bangladesh. The book aims to be a comprehensive book on suicidal behavior in Bangladesh, based on existing evidence and expertise covering epidemiology, sources of quality data, local culture, forensic and legal aspects, health and mental health care, media and suicide, crisis management system, suicide prevention, and status of evidence in the country. This book is the first of its kind to address multiple aspects of suicidal behavior in Bangladesh.

Free Download Walter Willett, "Nutritional Epidemiology Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 0199754039 | 2012 | 552 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This text is intended for those who wish to understand the complex relationships between diet and risks of important diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. It is aimed both at researchers engaged in the unraveling of these complex relationships and at readers of the rapidly multiplying and often confusing scholarly literature on the subject.

Free Download Barrie Margetts, "Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0192627392 | | 451 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In examining the relationship between nutritional exposure and disease etiology, the importance of a carefully considered experimental design cannot be overstated. A sound experimental design involves the formulation of a clear research hypothesis and the identification of appropriate measures of exposure and outcome. It is essential that these variables be measured with a minimum of error, while taking into account the effects of chance and bias, and being aware of the risk of confounding variables. The first edition of Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology presented a thorough guide to research techniques in nutritional epidemiology. Since the publication of the first edition, we now have a much better understanding of the characteristics of nutritional exposure that need to be measured in order to answer questions about diet-disease relationships. The Second edition has been extensively revised to include the most up-to-date methods of researching this relationship. Included are new chapters on qualitative and sociological measures, anthropometric measures, gene-nutrient interactions, and cross-sectional studies.

Free Download The Applied Genomic Epidemiology Handbook:
A Practical Guide to Leveraging Pathogen Genomic Data in Public Health
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032530294 | 165 Pages | PDF (True) | 16 MB

Free Download The Molecular Epidemiology of Human Viruses by Thomas Leitner
English | 2002 | ISBN: 146135420X | 456 Pages | PDF | 11.3 MB
Advances in DNA sequencing and phylogenetic inference have created powerful methods to investigate many dangerous human viruses.

Free Download The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging By Jacob S. Siegel (auth.)
2012 | 985 Pages | ISBN: 9400713142 | PDF | 12 MB
With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears to be the first and only comprehensive text on this subject now available. Drawing on a wide range of sciences in addition to demography, gerontology, and epidemiology, including medical sociology, biostatistics, public policy, bioethics, and molecular biology, the author treats theoretical and applied issues, links methods and findings, covers the material internationally, nationally, and locally, and while focusing on the elderly, treats the entire life course. The methods, materials, and pespectives of demography and epidemiology are brought to bear on such topics as the prospects for future increases in human longevity, the relative contribution of life style, environment, genetics, and chance in human longevity, the measurement of the share of healthy years in total life expectancy, the role of population growth in the rising costs of health care, and the applications of health demography in serving the health needs of local communities. The separate chapters systematically develop the topics of the sources and quality of health data; mortality, life tables, and the measurement of health status; the interrelationships of health, on the one hand, and mortality, fertility, migration, and age structure, on the other; health conditions in the less developed countries; the concepts and theories of aging and projections of the aged population; and local health applications, public health policy, and bioethical issues in health demography. Given its comprehensiveness, clarity, interdisciplinary scope, and authencity, this book appeals to a wide range of users, from students and teachers of medical sociology, the demography of aging, and public health studies to practitioners in these areas, both as a text in health demography and the demography/epidemiology of aging, and as a reference work in these fields.