Published December, 2009
By Hsinchun Chen, Daniel D. Zeng, Ping Yan and Daniel Zeng
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems
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Computer-based infectious disease surveillance systems represent a major step forward in disease surveillance. This book analyzes and evaluates the outbreak modeling and detection capabilities of existing surveillance systems under a unified framework.

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Published December, 2009
By Vitali Sintchenko
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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There are several reasons to be interested in infectious disease informatics. This field is rapidly expanding, and attracts a wide audience of clinicians, public health professionals, biomedical researchers and computer scientists who are fascinated by the complex puzzle of infectious disease.

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Published December, 2009
By Alexander Eric Kramer, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Klaus Krickeberg and Alexander Krämer
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Statistics for Biology and Health
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The book introduces the reader to methodological aspects of epidemiology that are specific for infectious diseases and provides insight into the epidemiology of some classes of infectious diseases characterized by their main modes of transmission.

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Published December, 2009
By Evert Verhagen and Willem van Mechelen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book is a comprehensive guide to the epidemiology and methodology involved in sports injury research, including detailed background on epidemiological methods employed in research on sports injuries and discussions on key methodological issues.

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Published November, 2009
By Sara L. McLafferty, Tim Brown, Graham Moon, T. Brown and Sara McLafferty
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles. Thematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study material.

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Published November, 2009
By Dan Mayer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Essential Medical Texts for Students and Trainees
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Teaches the principles of research study methodology and design so that the reader can become better at critically analysing scientific and clinical studies. This new edition is extensively updated, includes two new chapters, and is an ideal introductory text for medical students, health sciences students and other healthcare professionals.

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Published November, 2009
By Peter Stern, Henry Kitchener, Peter L. Stern and Henry C. Kitchener
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Oncology Library
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This practical pocketbook provides an overview of the role of HPV in the pathophysiology of cervical cancer and its current screening and management, the principles of immune control of HPV infection in cervical cancer, and the challenges of implementing HPV vaccines and future developments.

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Published November, 2009
By Denise M. Oleske
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This completely revised and updated edition of an outstanding text addresses the fundamental knowledge of epidemiological methods and statistics that can be applied to evolving systems, programs, technologies, and policies.

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Published November, 2009
By Claudio Jose Struchiner, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini, Ira M. Longini, Jr. and Claudio J. Struchiner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Statistics for Biology and Health
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As well as being a reference for the design, analysis, and interpretation of vaccine studies, the text covers all design and analysis stages, from vaccine development to post-licensure surveillance, presenting likelihood, frequentists, and Bayesian approaches.

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Published November, 2009
By Andrew R. Willan, Simon Eckerman, Hong Chen and Andrew Willan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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Tests of hypotheses are the predominant methodology used in clinical research decision-making, but numerous published papers have established that tests of hypotheses can lead to suboptimal decisions and advocate the use of Value of Information (VOI) methods, which are based on Bayesian decision theory, instead.

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