Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology

Thomas, Duncan C.

ISBN 10: 019923289X / ISBN 13: 9780199232895

Published by Oxford University Press, 2009

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Title: Statistical Methods in Environmental ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Usado - bueno

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Synopsis:

A systematic treatment of the statistical challenge that arise in environmental health studies and the use of epidemiologic data in formulating public policy.

About the Author:

Dr. Thomas is Professor of Preventive Medicine, Director of the Biostatistics Division, and Verna R. Richter Chair in Cancer Research at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College, an M.S. in Mathematics from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University in 1976. His primary research interest has been in the development of statistical methods in epidemiology, both environmental and genetic. He was a member of President Clinton's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, as well as the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V), and radiation advisory committees for other governmental agencies. Dr. Thomas has many publications in statistical genetics, including the textbook Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology (OUP, 2004), and is a past President of the International Genetic Epidiology Society.