Cancer mortality and morbidity patterns in the U.S. population
Subtitle: an interdisciplinary approach
By: K.G. Manton, Igor Akushevich, Julia Kravchenko ; foreword by Herbert Kim Lyerly
Contributors: Akushevich, Igor; Kravchenko, Julia
Series: Statistics for biology and health; Statistics for biology and health
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780387781921; 9780387781938
Description: This book is the first of its kind to describe interdisciplinary approaches to biomedical studies. It views analyses of biomedical data sets, such as cancer morbidity and mortality, from a different and richer than classic epidemiological perspective by using mathematical modeling methods, including ones providing insights into probable mechanisms of human carcinogenesis. The book will be useful for many specialists, e.g., epidemiologists, oncologists, medical researchers, biologists, public health and environmental specialists, and specialists in mathematical modeling. Medical, biology and math undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as basic and applied researchers attempting to extend their studies in collaboration with other specialists in interdisciplinary teams, will find practical information here. This book was written by authors with different backgrounds who teamed in an interdisciplinary group. Kenneth G. Manton, Ph.D. (Demography) is Research Professor of Demogr.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.