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Epidemiology : a very short introduction /
Rodolfo Saracci dispels some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology. He provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Very short introductions ;
224. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 What is epidemiology?; 2 Measuring health and disease; 3 Searching for the causes of disease; 4 Establishing the causes of a disease; 5 Testing how to control a disease; 6 Following up people's health; 7 Investigating people's past experiences; 8 Mapping health and disease; 9 From epidemiology to medicine, prevention, and public health; 10 Epidemiology between ethics and politics; References; Further reading; Index.