Epidemiological methods in life course research
By: edited by Andrew Pickles, Barbara Maughan, Michael Wadsworth.
Contributors: Pickles, Andrew.; Maughan, Barbara, 1946-; Wadsworth, Michael E. J.
Series: Life course approach to adult health series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780198528487
Subjects: Epidemiology -- Longitudinal studies; Life cycle, Human -- Health aspects; Lifestyles -- Health aspects; Life change events -- Health aspects; Epidemiologic Methods; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Models, Statistical; Risk Assessment
Genres: Longitudinal studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: development and progression of life course ideas in epidemiology / Michael Wadsworth, Barbara Maughan, and Andrew Pickles; title: Measurement and design for life course studies of individual differences and development / Jane Costello and Adrian Angold; title: Measurement and design for life course studies of the social environment and its impact on health / Barbara Maughan and Michael Wadsworth; title: Designs for large life course studies of genetic effects / Camilla Stoltenberg and Andrew Pickles; title: Human development, life course, intervention, and health / Clyde Hertzman; title: The life course plot in life course analysis / Tim Cole; title: Methods for handling missing data / Paul Clarke and Rebecca Hardy; title: An overview of models and methods for life course analysis / Andrew Pickles and Bianca De Stavola; title: An overview of methods for studying events and their timing / Andrew Pickles and Bianca De Stavola.