Epidemiology kept simple
Subtitle: an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology
By: B. Burt Gerstman
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: Epidemiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology past and present; title: Disease and causal concepts; title: The infectious disease process; title: Screening for disease; title: Case definitions and disease classification; title: Incidence and prevalence; title: Rate adjustment; title: Measures of association and potential impact; title: Types of epidemiologic studies; title: Experimental studies; title: Observational studies; title: Types of errors in epidemiologic research; title: Confidence intervals and p values; title: Mantel-Haenszel methods; title: Statistical interaction; title: From association to causation; title: Survival analysis; title: Current life tables; title: Random distribution of cases in time and space; title: Outbreak investigation