Epidemiology kept simple an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology
This text introduces the history and the use of epidemiology as a discipline. It clearly explains the concepts and techniques associated with traditional epidemiology, the design of trials and the analysis of observational data and advanced biostatistical and epidemiologic techniques. It includes pr...
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Oxford
Wiley-Blackwell
2013
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| Edition: | Third edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology past and present
- Causal concepts
- Epidemiologic measures
- Descriptive epidemiology
- Introduction to epidemiologic study design
- Experimental studies
- Observational cohort studies
- Case control studies
- Error in epidemiologic research
- Screening for disease
- The infectious disease process
- Outbreak investigation
- Confidence intervals and p values
- Mantel/Haenszel methods
- Statistical interaction : effect measure modification
- Case definitions and disease classification
- Survival analysis
- Current life tables
- Random distribution of cases in time and space.