Contributions to Biostatistics
and Clinical & Epidemiological Studies
This prospect book is a compilation of selected articles that I have published with many different co-authors during a period of 30 years. The book is organized in five chapters based on the research area of the articles.
This five research areas are: Multi-state Markov Regression Models and Disease Progression; Classification with Unbalanced Longitudinal Data; Arsenic Exposure in Human Health; Quality of Care in Cardiology and Neonatology; and Diabetes and other Clinical Studies.
Contents:
Foreword William Marshall
General Comment by: To be announced
Chapter 1. Markov Models
Comments by: To be announced
1.1 Theory (Unpublished work)
1.3 Ordinal (Unpublished work)
1.4 Encyclopedia
1.5 computer
Chapter 2. Longitudinal Data
Comments by Gary Zerbe and Anna Baron
2.1 Discriminant
2.3 Biometrics
2.4 cluster
2.5 Model-based clustering for longitudinal data
Chapter 3. Arsenic Exposure
Comments by Allan Smith Catterina Ferreccio
3.1 Fifty years
3.2 Increased Mortality from Lung Cancer
3.3 Acute myocardial infarction mortality
3.4 Increased childhood liver cancer mortality
3.5 Mortality in young adults following in utero and childhood exposure to arsenic
Chapter 4. Quality of care: Cardiology and Neonatology
Comments by Pepe and Karl
4.1 Outlook
4.2 MOST
4.3 Neocosur Score
4.4 Assessment
4.5 Neocosur report (Unpublished work)
4.6 THE
Chapter 5. Diabetes and other Clinical Studies
Comments by Satish Garg and Sofia Salas
5.1 Retinopathy
5.2 Tuxedo
5.3 Rooms
