State and metropolitan area data book 2013

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James F. Jekel

Succinct yet thorough, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine, 3rd Edition brings you today's best knowledge on epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health--in one convenient source. You'll find the latest on healthcare policy and financing infectious diseases chronic disease and disease prevention technology. This text also serves as an outstanding resource for preparing for the USMLE, and the American Board of Preventive Medicine recommends it as a top review source for its core specialty examination. Discusses the financial concerns and the use and limitations of screening in the prevention of symptomatic disease. Emphasizes the application of epidemiologic and biostatistical concepts to everyday clinical problem solving and decision making. Showcases important concepts and calculations inside quick-reference boxes. Presents abundant illustrations and well-organized tables to clarify and summarize complex concepts. Includes 350 USMLE-style questions and answers, complete with detailed explanations about why various choices are correct or incorrect. This book comes with STUDENT CONSULT at no extra charge! Register at www.studentconsult.com today ... so you can learn and study more powerfully than ever before!Access the complete contents of the book online, anywhere you go ... perform quick searches ... and add your own notes and bookmarks. Follow Integration Links to related bonus content from other STUDENT CONSULT titles--to help you see the connections between diverse disciplines. Reference all other STUDENT CONSULT titles you own online, too--all in one place!Look for the STUDENT CONSULT logo on your favorite Elsevier textbooks!

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Randall Harris

Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives is the most current and authoritative resource on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, risk factors and preventive factors of forty common chronic diseases. This comprehensive text provides readers with an excellent basis for examining current hypotheses regarding chronic disease epidemiology. Organized into eight sections, the text begins with an introductory chapter examines the new public health environment in which chronic diseases have replaced acute infectious conditions concurrent with improved health care and increasing longevity in many populations of the world. Subsequent sections cover cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, major forms of cancer, diseases of the respiratory tract, metabolic and digestive diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and finally, three infectious diseases that often manifest as chronic conditions. Special sections in each chapter focus on controversial topics that can serve as a launching point for classroom discussion of molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and the relevant epidemiologic issues pertaining to the prevention and control of chronic diseases.

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Bernard Rosner

Fundamentals of Biostatistics, 4th Edition, offers a practical introduction to the methods, techniques, and computation of statistics on human subjects. This book helps you master the statistical methods most often used in medical literature and medical research. Every new concept is developed through worked-out examples from current medical research problems and is illustrated through computer output when appropriate. Applications are almost exclusively human - and mostly medical - making the book an ideal starting point for anyone in the premed, nursing, or allied health field.

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Geert Verbeke, Geert Molenberghs

"This book provides a comprehensive treatment of linear mixed models, a technique devised to analyze continuous correlated data. It focuses on examples from designed experiments and longitudinal studies. The target audience includes applied statisticians and biomedical researchers in industry, public health organizations, contract research organizations, and academia. The book is explanatory rather than mathematically rigorous. Although most analyses were done with the MIXED procedure of the SAS software package, and many of its features are clearly elucidated, considerable effort was spent in presenting the data analyses in a software-independent fashion."--BOOK JACKET.