Epidemiology and Medical statistics

The consequences of childhood obesity are serious and far reaching, with both physical and psychological components that add to its complexity.

This text brings together important ideas on the model-based approach to sample survey, which has been developed over the last twenty years.

Searching for the causes of mental disorders is as exciting as it it complex.

Exposure Science: Basic Principles and Applications provides a concise overview of the field of exposure science, from its origins in sanitation and occupational health, to its exciting involvement with emerging scientific concepts.

This book focuses on waterborne pathogens and significant diseases occurring along major rivers around the globe, including key examples like the Amazonas, Mekong River and Nile.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of "e;Total Exposure Health"e; and presents details on subject areas which make up the framework.

Traditional epidemiology coursework is centered on the design and analysis of disease control.

Expert nurse technology pioneers, emerging leaders, and award-winning informatics nurses provide practicing and aspiring nurse informaticists with an acute understanding of current and evolving healthcare trends and roles and how healthcare organizations and industry leaders benefit from nurses' informatics talent - essential skills, knowledge, wisdom, and contributions - to add immense value in the current and future healthcare technology landscape.

This book describes the integration of high-throughput bioinformatics data from multiple platforms to inform our understanding of the functional consequences of genomic alterations.

For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health.

Easy access to simple, reliable definitions and explanations of modern statistical and statistics-related concepts.

POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE formalizes an emerging discipline at the crossroads of social and medical sciences, demography, and economics--an emerging approach to population studies that represents a seismic shift in how traditional health sciences measure and observe health events.

In Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet, the leading-edge innovators in digital health applications, global thought leaders, and multinational, cooperative research initiatives are woven together against the backdrop of health equity and policy-setting bodies, such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative force in smart healthcare.

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Covers the fundamentals of case-control studies including important recent developments, with a focus on statistical analysis.

This volume gathers together selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the BIOMAT 2020 International Symposium, which was virtually held on November 1-6, 2020, with an organization staff based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Intraindividual variability (IIV) of human development and behavior across the entire life-span is explored in this new book.

This edition is a reprint of the second edition published in 2000 by Brooks/Cole and then Cengage Learning.

Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem health, animal health, and human health.

Accurate estimation, diagnosis, and prevention of COVID-19 is a global challenge for healthcare organizations.

Since the first edition of this highly acclaimed text was published in 1992, much new knowledge has been gained about the role of genetic factors in common adult diseases, and we now have a better understanding of the molecular processes involved in genetic susceptibility and diseases mechanisms.

The topics in this volume explore the etiology, cellular mechanisms, epidemiology, genetics, models and potential therapeutic measures for the blinding diseases of retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration.

This book represents the compilation of efforts by researchers across the country, each of whom is dedicated not only to the prevention and elimination of HIV infection, but also to the conduct of research according to the highest ethical pr- ciples.

A comprehensive, accessible summary of the latest research in heart disease risk factors Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a major cause of early death and disability across the world.

Intelligent Modeling, Prediction, and Diagnosis from Epidemiological Data: COVID-19 and Beyond is a handy treatise to elicit and elaborate possible intelligent mechanisms for modeling, prediction, diagnosis, and early detection of diseases arising from outbreaks of different epidemics with special reference to COVID-19.

The increasing prominence of generative AI across various industries presents an abundance of opportunities for integration within the healthcare sector.

Patient-focused healthcare, driven by COVID-19 experiences, has become a hallmark for providing healthcare services to patients across all modalities of care and in the home.

Whether you call them work-related upper limb disorders (WRULDs), cumulative trauma disorders (CTDS), or occupational overuse syndromes (OOSs), these conditions are a cause of pain, disability and suffering to workers worldwide.

Focussing on stochastic models for the spread of infectious diseases in a human population, this book is the outcome of a two-week ICPAM/CIMPA school on "e;Stochastic models of epidemics"e; which took place in Ziguinchor, Senegal, December 5-16, 2015.

Leading scholars and practitioners come together in this contributed volume to present the most current evidence on cutting edge health issues for South Asian Americans, the fastest growing Asian American population.

This book focuses on neglected skin diseases and conditions in resource-poor countries through the lens of livelihoods.

This book focuses on novel approaches that provide a reliable basis for identifying what kinds of patients are likely to benefit from the each new treatment.

This book presents original research findings of The Million Person Study of Low-Dose Radiation Health Effects (MPS), the largest and most comprehensive epidemiologic study of its kind to investigate the health effects of low-level chronic radiation exposure on American workers and veterans throughout the 20th century.

This monograph on measurement error and misclassification covers a broad range of problems and emphasizes unique features in modeling and analyzing problems arising from medical research and epidemiological studies.

Formaldehyde is virtually ubiquitous in the modern environment due to its cost-effective nature, its use in resin formation, and its preservative properties.

A comprehensive guidebook to the current methodologies and practices used in health surveys A unique and self-contained resource, Handbook of Health Survey Methods presents techniques necessary for confronting challenges that are specific to health survey research.

Today, we know cities as shared spaces with the potential to both threaten and promote human health: while urban areas are known to amplify the transmission of epidemics like Ebola, urban residency is also associated with longer, healthier lives.

A comprehensive introduction of fundamental panel data methodologies.

In 2019 the world was struck with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infecting major portions of the world's population.

The impact of illness on individual lives and society at large was once considered too vast to gauge.

Biosimilars have the potential to change the way we think about, identify, and manage health problems.

This second edition of a bestseller, Nutrition in Public Health: Principles, Policies, and Practice focuses on the role of the federal government in determining nutrition policy and influencing practice.

In Memoriam of Alfred S.

This benchmark publication assembles information on the current and anticipated effects of climate change on animal health.

This comprehensive handbook provides an authoritative source of information on global water and health, suitable for interdisciplinary teaching for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Get Up to Speed on Many Types of Adaptive DesignsSince the publication of the first edition, there have been remarkable advances in the methodology and application of adaptive trials.

This fully updated new edition not only provides an introduction to a range of advanced statistical techniques that are used in psychology, but has been expanded to include new chapters describing methods and examples of particular interest to medical researchers.

Healthcare is important to everyone, yet large variations in its quality have been well documented both between and within many countries.