Title: Modern epidemiology /
Authors: Rothman, Kenneth J.
Date: 1986
Publisher: Little, Brown,
Physical description: xvi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC class: R
Contents: Emergence of epidemiology -- Causal inference in epidemiology -- Measures of frequency -- Measures of effect -- Standardization of rates -- Types of epidemiologic study -- Objectives of epidemiologic study design -- Strategies in the design of epidemiologic studies -- Role of statistics in epidemiologic analysis -- Fundamentals of epidemiologic data analysis -- Analysis of crude data -- Stratified analysis -- Matching -- Multivariate analysis -- Interactions between causes -- Analysis with multiple levels of exposure.