Concepts of epidemiology : integrating the ideas, theories, principles, and methods of epidemiology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2008]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- What is epidemiology? The nature and scope of a biological, clinical, social, and ecological science and of its variables
- The epidemiological concept of population
- Variationin disease by time, place, and person: a framework for analysis of genetic and environmental effects
- Error, bias, confounding and risk modification / interaction in epidemilology
- Cause and effect: the epidemiological approach
- Guidelines (elsewhere criteria) for epidemiological on cause and effect
- Interrelated concepts in the epidemiology of disease: natural history, spectrum, iceberg, population patterns, and screening
- The concept of risk and fundamental measures of disease frequency: incidence and prevalence
- Presentation and interpretation of epidemiological data on risk
- Epidemiological study design and principles of data analysis: an integrated suite of methods
- Epidemiology in the future: theory, ethics, context, and critical appraisal.