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Clinical epidemiology : the study of the outcome of illness /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiss, Noel S., 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 36.
Subjects:
Clinical epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Biometry.
Treatment Outcome.
Table of Contents:
  • Clinical epidemiology : what it is and how it is used
  • Diagnostic and screening tests : measuring their ability to predict adverse outcomes of illness
  • Diagnostic and screening tests : measuring their role in improving the outcome of illness
  • Therapeutic efficacy : randomized controlled trials
  • Therapeutic efficacy : nonrandomized studies
  • Therapeutic safety
  • Natural history of illness
  • Summarizing evidence : systematic reviews and meta-analysis