Published August, 2007
By Susan Carr, Nigel Unwin and Tanja Pless-Mulloli
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (Open University Press)
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What are epidemiology and public health? What is the nature of public health evidence and knowledge? What strategies can be used to protect and improve health? This book provides a multi-professional introduction to the key concepts in public health and epidemiology. It presents an account of contemporary public health.

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Published July, 2007
By Leon Robertson and Leon S. Robertson
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published July, 2007
By Poh C. Lai, Anthony Gatrell and Ann S.H. Mak
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
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Aimed at all types of public health practitioners and theorists, this book is a compilation of methodological and application developments in spatial epidemiological approaches for environmental and public health studies in the Asia Pacific region.

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Published July, 2007
By Sana Loue and Earl C. Pike
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Also examined are how participants are engaged in the studies and the obligations of the researchers to individual participants and their communities during the course of and following the conclusion of the research.

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Published July, 2007
By Walter T. Ambrosius
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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This book presents a multidisciplinary survey of biostatics methods, each illustrated with hands-on examples. It introduces advanced methods in statistics, including how to choose and work with statistical packages.

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Published July, 2007
By Eric Vittinghoff, David V. Glidden, Stephen C. Shiboski and Charles E. McCulloch
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Offers an introduction to the multipredictor regression methods widely used in biostatistics. This book focuses on the many-shared elements in the methods presented for selecting, estimating, checking, and interpreting each of these models.

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Published July, 2007
By Ricardo Azziz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Endocrine Updates
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a classic female infertility condition affecting an estimated 6-10% of all women, many of whom are unaware of the problem. A disease that affects women from adolescence to menopause, PCOS is the single most common endrocrinologic abnormality affecting women.

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Published June, 2007
By Andrew Pickles, Barbara Maughan and Michael Wadsworth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Life Course Approach to Adult Health
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Life course epidemiology is concerned with how factors from the early development period, alongside genetic and environmental influences, can shape the future health of a person. This book explains the methods behind such research.

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Published June, 2007
By Jeffrey C. Hall
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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The field of genetics is rapidly evolving and medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge of genetics. This series publishes important reviews of interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.

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Published June, 2007
By Ronald Bayer and Gerald M. Oppenheimer
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Shattered Dreams? is an oral history of how physicians and nurses in South Africa struggled to contend with the world's most catastrophic AIDS epidemic. Based on more than 250 hours of extended interviews with almost 90 doctors and nurses, it seeks to capture the feelings of these health care providers and the challenges they faced.

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