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Epidemiology : an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothman, Kenneth J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to epidemiologic thinking
  • Pioneers in epidemiology and public health
  • What is causation?
  • Measuring disease occurrence and causal effects
  • Types of epidemiologic studies
  • Infectious disease epidemiology
  • Dealing with biases
  • Random error and the role of statistics
  • Analyzing simple epidemiologic data
  • Controlling confounding by stratifying data
  • Measuring interactions
  • Using regression models in epidemiologic analysis
  • Epidemiology in clinical settings.