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PROBABILITY, STATISTICS AND
MODELLING IN PUBLIC HEALTH
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PROBABILITY, STATISTICS AND
MODELLING IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Edited by
MIKHAIL NIKULIN
Université Victor Segalin Bordeaux 2, France
V. Steklov Mathematical Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia
MENGES
Université Victor Segalin Bordeaux 2, France
CATHERINE HUBER
Université René Descartes, Paris, France
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Dedicated to Marvin ZELEN
Preface
On September 23, 2003 Marvin Zelen was awarded the title of Docteur Honoris
Causa de l’Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France. Professor
Zelen was the third biostatistician to receive this title after David Cox (1999)
and Norman Breslow (2001). To mark the occasion and the importance of
the contribution of Professor Zelen in development of biostatistics in public
health and especially in the War on Cancer, a special symposium, Probabilités,
Statistics and Modelling in P