Clinical epidemiology : the study of the outcome of illness /
Weiss, Noel S.,1941-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Clinical epidemiology: what it is and how it is used -- Diagnostic and screening tests: measuring their ability to predict adverse outcomes of illness -- Diagnostic and screening tests: measuring their role in improving the outcome of illness -- Therapeutic efficacy: randomized controlled trials -- Therapeutic efficacy: nonrandomized studies -- Therapeutic safety -- Natural history of illness -- Summarizing evidence: systematic reviews and meta-analysis.
Clinical epidemiology.