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Epidemiologic methods : studying the occurrence of illness /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koepsell, Thomas D.
Other Authors: Weiss, Noel S., 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Epidemiologic Methods.
Table of Contents:
  • An epidemic of blindness in young children
  • Diseases and populations
  • Disease frequency : basics
  • Disease frequency : advanced
  • Overview of study designs
  • Sources of data on disease occurrence
  • Person, place and time
  • Inferring a casual relation between exposure and disease
  • Measures of excess risk
  • Measurement error
  • Confounding and its control
  • Ecological studies
  • Randomized trials
  • Cohort studies
  • Case-control studies
  • Induction periods and latent periods
  • Improving the sensitivity of epidemiologic studies
  • Screening
  • Outbreak investigation
  • Evaluating the effects of policies on health