Published December, 2012
By Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Hsinchun Chen, Daniel Zeng, William B. Lober and Mark Thurmond
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems
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This book on Infectious Disease Informatics (IDI) and biosurveillance is intended to provide an integrated view of the current state of the art, identify technical and policy challenges and opportunities, and promote cross-disciplinary research that takes advantage of novel methodology and what we have learned from innovative applications.

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Published December, 2012
By K. Aoki, M. Kurihara, W. Miller and C.S. Muir
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Gann Monograph on Cancer Research
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Despite an enormous investment of effort throughout the world, cancer is still a major barrier to human longevity. Segi decided to devote his life to the fight against cancer by establishing worldwide comparative cancer statistics-one of the landmarks in cancer studies and in cancer prevention strategies.

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Published December, 2012
By Karl Bang Christensen, Mounir Mesbah, Svend Kreiner and KB Christensen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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The family of statistical models known as Rasch models started with a simple model for responses to questions in educational tests presented together with a number of related models that the Danish mathematician Georg Rasch referred to as models for measurement.

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Published December, 2012
By Phyllis Kanki, Darrell Jay Grimes, D. Jay Grimes and Jay Grimes
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Infectious Diseases: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology presents authoritative, peer-reviewed contributions from leading experts on a wide range of major infectious diseases of global importance.

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Published December, 2012
By Filipe Cabello, Carlos Hormaeche, Pasqale Mastroeni and Letterio Bonina
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Nato Science Series A:
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Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Portorosa, Italy, May 11-15, 1992

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Published December, 2012
By Anne B. Newman, Jane A. Cauley and Anne Newman
Publisher: Springer
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This book is designed to summarize unique methodological issues relevant to the study of aging, biomarkers of aging and the biology/physiology of aging and in-depth discussions of the etiology and epidemiology of common geriatric syndromes and diseases.

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Published December, 2012
By George Engelhard and George Engelhard Jr.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published December, 2012
By George Engelhard and George Engelhard Jr.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published November, 2012
By Walter Willett
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Willett's Nutritional Epidemiology has become the foundation of this field. This new edition updates existing chapters and adds new ones addressing the assessment of physical activity, the role of genetics in nutritional epidemiology, and the interface of this field with policy.

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Published November, 2012
By John Kemm
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book describes the past development of Health Impact Assessment (HIA), its current practice and possible future. It provides an overview and evaluates many HIA methods and addresses the controversies that are impacting the evolution of HIA, through the personal experiences of the author and other HIA practitioners around the world.

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