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Mathematical methods of chronic diseases study in 1970

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

L. D. Meshalkin*
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Geneva

Extract

This report is based mainly on the research conducted in 1969–70 in the Division of Research in Epidemiology and Communications Science of the World Health Organization, and gives a short résumé of methods elaborated for concise descriptions of what has been observed for prognosis of subsequent development of disease, and for the planning of new studies.

Type
I. Mathematical Approach to Epidemiology
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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