Epidemiology kept simple
Subtitle: an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology
By: B. Burt Gerstman
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781444336085
Subjects: Epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology past and present; title: Causal concepts; title: Epidemiologic measures; title: Descriptive epidemiology; title: Introduction to epidemiologic study design; title: Experimental studies; title: Observational cohort studies; title: Case control studies; title: Error in epidemiologic research; title: Screening for disease; title: The infectious disease process; title: Outbreak investigation; title: Confidence intervals and p values; title: Mantel/Haenszel methods; title: Statistical interaction : effect measure modification; title: Case definitions and disease classification; title: Survival analysis; title: Current life tables; title: Random distribution of cases in time and space.