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Epidemiological methods in life course research / edited by Andrew Pickles, Barbara Maughan, Michael Wadsworth.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Life course approach to adult health series.
- Life course approach to adult health series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemiology--Longitudinal studies.
- Epidemiology.
- Life cycle, Human--Health aspects.
- Life cycle, Human.
- Lifestyles--Health aspects.
- Lifestyles.
- Life change events--Health aspects.
- Life change events.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 text explains the methods behind such research.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: development and progression of life course ideas in epidemiology; 2. Measurement and design for life course studies of individual differences and development; 3. Measurement and design for life course studies of the social environment and its impact on health; 4. Designs for large life course studies of genetic effects; 5. Human development, life course, intervention and health; 6. The life course plot in life course analysis; 7. Methods for handling missing data; 8. An overview of models and methods for life course analysis
- 9. An overview of methods for studying events and their timingAfterword and conclusions; Subject index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613892560
- 0-19-157477-5
- 1-283-58011-X
- OCLC:
- 508483708
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