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Article: Statistical Methods in Cancer Research, vol 4, Descriptive Epidemiology.
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- Journal of the American Statistical Association
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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Jacques ESTEVE, Ellen BENHAMOU, and Luc RAYMOND. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1994. ISBN 92-8322128-1. x + 302 pp. $52.
This book is the English translation from the French of the fourth volume in the Statistical Methods in Cancer Research series Published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Like the other volumes in the series, it aims to summarize and illustrate statistical methods used in cancer research. The methods covered in this volume are those of particular relevance to individuals who work at or with cancer registries.
The authors define descriptive epidemiology as "the distribution of diseases over time and ...