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GI Epidemiology : Diseases and Clinical Methodology.
The only book to combine epidemiological analysis of gastrointestinal diseases with an examination of the methodologies of clinical research, GI Epidemiology, 2nd Edition, unites global experts to identify why and how GI diseases occur, to whom, and what can be done to prevent them. With new editors...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- GI Epidemiology; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; About the companion website; PART ONE Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders: The Public Health Perspective; 1 The burden of gastrointestinal and liver disease around the world; Introduction; Diarrheal disease; Global burden; Gastrointestinal malignancies; Global burden; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Selected diseases of the liver; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Viral hepatitis in the United States; Liver cancer; Selected gastrointestinal diseases; Clostridium difficile infections; Gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Inflammatory bowel diseaseGastrointestinal diseases responsible for hospitalization; Limitations of the data; Implications; Multiple choice questions; Appendix 1.A; Sources; References; Answers to multiple choice questions; PART TWO How to Critically Read the Gastrointestinal Epidemiology Literature; Introduction and overview; 2 How to read a cohort study; Brief introduction to cohort studies; Biases commonly seen in cohort studies; 10-Point checklist of important issues when reading a report of a cohort study.
- Case study: Critical evaluation of cohort study "Long-term use of aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of colorectal cancer" [8]Multiple choice questions; References; Answers to multiple choice questions; 3 How to read a case-control study; Brief introduction to case-control studies; Biases commonly seen in case-control studies; 10-Point checklist of important issues when reading a report of a case-control study; Case study: Critical evaluation of a case-control study "Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer"; Multiple choice questions.
- Important issues to consider when reading a meta-analysisCase study: Critical evaluation; Multiple choice questions; References; Answers to multiple choice questions; 6 How to decide if any of this matters; Introduction; Is the relationship described in the paper causal?; The evidence hierarchy; Austin Bradford Hill; Strength; Consistency; Specificity; Temporality (timing); Biological gradient (dose response); Plausibility; Coherence; Is the relationship important?; Relative versus absolute risk; Severity of disease; Is the relationship something we can affect or influence?