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Quantitative methods for health research : a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics /

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"This comprehensive text, which has been extensively revised with new material and additional topics, utilizes a practical slant to introduce health professionals and students to epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology. It draws examples from a wide range of topics, covering all o...

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Main Authors: Bruce, Nigel, 1955- (Author), Pope, Daniel, 1969- (Author), Stanistreet, Debbi, 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2018.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Epidemiology > Research > Methodology.
Medicine > Research > Methodology.
Health > Research > Methodology.
Epidemiologic Methods
Biometry > methods
Biomedical Research > methods > author.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Philosophy of science and introduction to epidemiology
  • Routine data sources and descriptive epidemiology
  • Standardisation
  • Surveys
  • Cohort studies
  • Case-control studies
  • Intervention studies
  • Life tables, survival analysis and cox regression
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
  • Prevention strategies and evaluation of screening
  • Probability distributions, hypothesis testing and Bayesian methods.