Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology By Duncan C. Thomas
* Number Of Pages: 464 * Publication Date: 2004-01-29
Product Description: Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles. Focuses on methods of identifying the joint effects of genes and environment on disease patterns. Features the study designs and statistical analysis techniques for determining whether a trait runs in families, estimating the parameters of genetic model, or whether a genetic tendency is due to genetic or environmental factors.
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Recent advances in molecular and cellular biology techniques have significantly improved our ability to detect, monitor, model and study the underlying molecular basis and pathogenesis of leukemia, yet we are still in an early discovery stage and much more work is needed in order to develop better strategies to diagnose, classify and treat this biologically and clinically diverse disease.
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