title: Dave Byar's contribution to epidemiology.
abstract: Some of Dave Byar's personal qualities and his scientific approach are described. His work on substantive epidemiologic projects is mentioned briefly. There follows a review of his work on theoretical issues, including extentions of the Mantel-Haenszel procedure and other contingency table methods, confounding, and estimation of attributable and absolute risk from case-control data.
authors.affiliation: Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gail
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001699:Biometry / Q000266:history*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000266:history; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000266:history; D014481:United States