BE.102 Macroepidemiology, Spring 2005

Thilly, William G.

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Thilly, William G.

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Macroepidemiology

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Abstract

This course presents a unique and challenging perspective on the causes of human disease and mortality. The course focuses on analyses of major causes of mortality in the US since 1900: cancer cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, infectious diseases. Students create analytical models to derive estimates for historically variant population risk factors and physiological rate parameters, and conduct analyses of familial data to separately estimate inherited and environmental risks. The course evaluates the basic population genetics of dominant, recessive and non-deleterious inherited risk factors.

Date issued

2005-06

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36864

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BE.102-Spring2005

local: BE.102

local: IMSCP-MD5-ce6dbcb579c2b5bef09fa31f4b5fa0fa

Keywords

Disease, mortality, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, infectious disease, risk, inherited risk, environmental risk, population genetics, mutation, public health, malignancy, statistics

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