Description

This balanced and well-integrated text gives a lucid overview of the entire process of genetic epidemiology, from familial aggregation through segregation, likage, and association studies. It is illustrated throughout with examples from the literature on cancer genetics. Statistical concepts are developed in depth, but with a focus on applications. Introductory chapters on molecular biology, Mendelian genetics, epidemiology, statistics, and population genetics are included. Oriented to graduate students in biostatistics, epidemiology, and human genetics, the book will also be a useful reference for researchers. It gives equal emphasis to study designs and data analysis.

Reviews

"This book is well organized and logically developed, such that concepts are covered in broad strokes, revisited in greater detail, and connected together. ...this is a very thorough treatise of the spectrum of methods that collectively define genetic epidemiology." --Annals of Epidemiology

"...Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology is a most welcome volume that all readers...should consider having on their bookshelves. It seems likely that this will serve as a classic text for many years to come." --American Journal of Human Genetics

"This is a clear succinct tour of the analytical side of genetic epidemiology. There is a suitable balance of biology and statistical details and the text is well pitched for its target audience of graduate epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and human geneticists."--International Journal of Epidemiology

Product Details

464 pages; 95 line illus.; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-515939-4ISBN10: 0-19-515939-X

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