Epidemiology
By: Petra Büttner, Reinhold Muller
Contributors: Muller, Reinhold, 1958-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: South Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780195573893
Subjects: Epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods
Description: "Epidemiology applies contemporary research to theory, covering both quantitative and qualitative research methods in epidemiology for students in the health and medical sciences. It integrates a wide spectrum of case studies and examples from different health and medical disciplines and follows a two level 'methods based' approach differentiating between "basic" knowledge that all students of epidemiology should be familiar with and "beyond the basics" information for the interested or more advanced reader. It includes case studies from a variety of different types of studies across many health disciplines; critical thinking exercises are included to remind students about what they've learned, and extensive answers to the exercises provide further explanation; and learning objectives, key terms, end of chapter summaries and margin notes to ensure students have a firm grasp of the essentials. "--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 564-591) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is epidemiology?; title: Disease concepts in epidemiology; title: Identification of disease: diagnostic tests and screening; title: Measures of disease frequency; title: From research topic to research hypothesis; title: Quantitative descriptive study designs; title: Experimental designs; title: Observational designs; title: Sources of bias; title: Sampling strategy and sample size calculation; title: Quantitative methods of data collection; title: Statistics with confidence; title: Ethical considerations; title: How to read and write scientific publications.