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Oral health epidemiology : principles and practice /

As a result of scientific advancements and changing demographics in the United States and around the world, people of all ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their teeth longer. Today's oral health professionals must therefore be prepared to make educated and scientifically-reasoned c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chattopadhyay, Amit, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2011.
Subjects:
Mouth > Diseases > Epidemiology.
Mouth Diseases > epidemiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Oral Health
Bouche > Maladies > Épidémiologie.
Table of Contents:
  • Definition and background
  • Study design
  • Associations and causation
  • Measuring associations
  • Error and bias
  • Confounding and effect measure modification
  • Analytical approaches : the data
  • Analytical approaches : analyses
  • Qualitative research
  • Survey sampling and surveillance
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Molecular and genetic epidemiology
  • Dental caries
  • Periodontal diseases
  • Oral cancer
  • Other oral diseases and conditions
  • Fluorides
  • Social epidemiology
  • Bioethics in oral health
  • Systems thinking.