Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / B. Burt Gerstman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerstman, B. Burt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Summary:

Epidemiology Kept Simple introduces the epidemiological principles and methods that are increasingly important in the practice of medicine and public health. With minimum use of technical language it fully explains terminology, concepts, and techniques associated with traditional and modern epidemiology. Topics include disease causality, epidemiologic measures, descriptive epidemiology, study design, clinical and primary prevention trials, observational cohort studies, case-control studies, and the consideration of random and systematic error in studies of causal factors. Chapters on

Contents:

Epidemiology past and present

Causal concepts

Epidemiologic measures

Descriptive epidemiology

Introduction to epidemiologic study design

Experimental studies

Observational cohort studies

Case control studies

Error in epidemiologic research

Screening for disease

The infectious disease process

Outbreak investigation

Confidence intervals and p values

Mantel/Haenszel methods

Statistical interaction : effect measure modification

Case definitions and disease classification

Survival analysis

Current life tables

Random distribution of cases in time and space.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-299-24151-4

1-118-52541-8

OCLC:

810442748