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Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerstman, B. Burt
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, [2003]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Research Design.
Statistics as Topic > methods.
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiology past and present
  • Causal concepts
  • The infectious disease process
  • Screening for disease
  • Case definitions and disease classification
  • Incidence and prevalence
  • Rate adjustment
  • Measures of association and potential impact
  • Types of epidemiologic studies
  • Experimental study designs
  • Observational study designs
  • Error in epidemiologic research
  • Confidence intervals and p values
  • Mantel-Haenszel methods
  • Statistical interaction
  • From association to causation
  • Survival analysis
  • Current life tables
  • Random distribution of cases in time and space
  • Outbreak investigation