Statistics for Biology and Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Manton, K.G.; Akushevich, Igor; Kravchenko, Julia

The purpose of this book is to examine the etiology of cancer in large human populations using mathematical models developed from an inter-disciplinary perspective of the population epidemiological, biodemographic, genetic and physiological basis of the mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression. In addition an investigation of how the basic mechanism of tumor initiation relates to general processes of senescence and to other major chronic diseases (e.g., heart disease and stroke) will be conducted.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-11-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781441926807

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78193-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 455