Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology /
By: Gerstman, B. Burt
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Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xvi, 461 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781444336085 (pbk.); 9781444336085:; 1444336088 (pbk.).Subject(s): EpidemiologyDDC classification: 614.4 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Epidemiology past and present -- Causal concepts -- Epidemiologic measures -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Introduction to epidemiologic study design -- Experimental studies -- Observational cohort studies -- Case control studies -- Error in epidemiologic research -- Screening for disease -- The infectious disease process -- Outbreak investigation -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel/Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction : effect measure modification -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space.
Designed specifically for non-epidemiologists, this volume aims to provide accessible information on the classical approach and the modern biostatistical approach to studying disease.