Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Patterns in the U.S. Population: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Statistics for Biology and Health)

By: Julia Kravchenko and Igor Akushevich and K. G. Manton

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780387781938
Related ISBNs:: 9780387781921
Publisher:: Springer New York
Date of Addition:: 07/13/18
Copyrighted By:: Springer New York, New York, NY
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Computers and Internet, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine
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