Epidemiologic methods : studying the occurrence of illness /
This second edition of Epidemiologic Methods offers a rigorous introduction to the concepts and tools of epidemiologic research. Aimed chiefly at future epidemiologists, the book offers clear descriptions, practical examples, and question/answer sections for each of the science's key concepts....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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Edición: | Second edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : an epidemic of blindness in young children
- Diseases and populations
- Disease frequency : basic
- Disease frequency : advanced
- Overview of study designs
- Sources of data on disease occurrence
- Person, place, and time
- Inferring a causal relation between exposure and disease
- Measures of excess risk
- Measurement error
- Confounding and its control : basic
- Confounding and its control : advanced
- Randomized trials
- Cohort studies
- Case-control studies
- Ecologic and multi-level studies
- Induction periods and latent periods
- Improving the sensitivity of epidemiologic studies
- Screening
- Outbreak investigation
- Evaluating the effects of policies on health.