Epidemiology / Leon Gordis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordis, Leon, 1934-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemiology.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Medical Subjects:

Epidemiology.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Physical Description:

xv, 375 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Saunders Elsevier, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction

The dynamics of disease transmission

Measuring the occurrence of disease: I. Morbidity

Measuring the occurrence of disease: II. Mortality

Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests

The natural history of disease: ways of expressing prognosis

Assessing the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures: randomized trials

Randomized trials: some further issues

Cohort studies

Case-control studies and other study designs

Estimating risk: is there an association?

More on risk: estimating the potential for prevention

A pause for review: comparing cohort and case-control studies

From association to causation: deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies

More on causal inferences: bias, confounding, and interaction

Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation

Using epidemiology to evaluate health services

The epidemiologic approach to evaluating screening programs

Epidemiology and public policy

Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781416040026

1416040021

OCLC:

156994580