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Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology
Author
Title
Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / B. Burt Gerstman.
ISBN
0471400289 (alk. paper)
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2003.
Physical Description
xvii, 417 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 15, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Epidemiology past and present
Disease and causal concepts
The infectious disease process
Screening for disease
Case definitions and disease classification
Incidence and prevalence
Rate adjustment
Measures of association and potential impact
Types of epidemiologic studies
Experimental studies
Observational studies
Types of errors in epidemiologic research
Confidence intervals and p values
Mantel-Haenszel methods
Statistical interaction
From association to causation
Survival analysis
Current life tables
Random distribution of cases in time and space
Outbreak investigation.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Research Design.
Statistics - methods.
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