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Epidemiologic methods : studying the occurrence of illness / Noel S. Weiss, Thomas D. Koepsell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koepsell, Thomas D., author.
- Weiss, Noel S., 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemiology--Methodology.
- Epidemiology.
- Epidemiologic Methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Epidemiologic Methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 472 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : an epidemic of blindness in young children
- Diseases and populations
- Disease frequency : basic
- Disease frequency : advanced
- Overview of study designs
- Sources of data on disease occurrence
- Person, place, and time
- Inferring a causal relation between exposure and disease
- Measures of excess risk
- Measurement error
- Confounding and its control : basic
- Confounding and its control : advanced
- Randomized trials
- Cohort studies
- Case-control studies
- Ecologic and multi-level studies
- Induction periods and latent periods
- Improving the sensitivity of epidemiologic studies
- Screening
- Outbreak investigation
- Evaluating the effects of policies on health.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Author's names reversed on the first edition.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199718164
- 9780199718160
- Publisher Number:
- 99959795341
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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