文档介绍：HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS
VOLUME 27
Handbook of Statistics
VOLUME 27
General Editor
. Rao
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Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Edited by
. Rao
Center for Multivariate Analysis
Department of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, USA
. Miller
Division of Biostatistics
School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
. Rao
Division of Biostatistics
School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
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