Critical appraisal of epidemiological studies and clinical trials / J. Mark Elwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elwood, J. Mark.

Series:

Oxford medical publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemiology--Research--Methodology.

Epidemiology.

Clinical trials.

Epidemiology--Research--Evaluation.

Clinical trials--Evaluation.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Clinical Trials as Topic.

Epidemiologic Studies.

Epidemiology--Research.

Medical Subjects:

Epidemiologic Methods.

Clinical Trials as Topic.

Epidemiologic Studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 570 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Contents:

The importance of causal relationships in medicine and health care

Study designs which can demonstrate and test causation

The results obtained from studies of causation

Selection of subjects for study

Error and bias in observations

Confounding

Chance variation

Combining results from several studies: systematic review and meta-analysis

The diagnosis of causation

Critical appraisal of a randomized clinical trial

Critical appraisal of a randomized trial of a preventive agent

Critical appraisal of a prospective cohort study

Critical appraisal of a retrospective cohort study

Critical appraisal of a matched case-control study

Critical appraisal of a large population-based case-control study.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199218250

9780199218257

0198529554

9780198529552

OCLC:

74941486

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