Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology

摘要

Genetic epidemiology is rapidly evolving as a cross-discipline between genetics and epidemiology, served up with a healthy dose of statistics. It attempts to understand the genetic etiology of disease and, to do so, applies old statistical tools in new ways or builds new tools from more traditional ones common in genetics or epidemiology. The jargon can sometimes be daunting to define. Because this is a very young field, precious few books have been written specifically for newcomers. In his preface, Professor Thomas declares his objective to present "a broad overview written at a level that should be accessible to graduate students in epidemiology, biostatistics, and human genetics." In this reviewer's opinion, Professor Thomas has, for the most part, reached his objective