Modern epidemiology / Timothy L. Lash ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lash, Timothy L., editor.

VanderWeele, Tyler J., editor.

Haneuse, Sebastien, editor.

Rothman, Kenneth J., editor.

Series:

Books@Ovid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemiology--Research--Methodology.

Epidemiology.

Epidemiology--Statistical methods.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Medical Subjects:

Epidemiology.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Phil : Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2021]

System Details:

text file html

Summary:

Now in a fully revised 4th Edition, Modern Epidemiology remains the gold standard text in this complex and evolving field, offering unparalleled, comprehensive coverage of the principles and methods of epidemiologic research. Featuring a new, full-color design, updated models, and a new format allowing space for margin notes, this edition continues to provide authoritative information on the methodologic issues crucial to the wide range of epidemiologic applications in public health and medicine. -- Publisher

Contents:

Chapter 1: The scope of epidemiology

Chapter 2: Causal inference and scientific reasoning

Chapter 3: Formal causal models

Chapter 4: Measures of occurrence

Chapter 5: Measures of effect and measures of association

Chapter 6: Epidemiologic study design with validity and efficiency considerations

Chapter 7: Cohort studies

Chapter 8: Case-control studies

Chapter 9: Public health surveillance

Chapter 10: Field methods

Chapter 11: Studies relying on secondary data

Chapter 12: Confounding and confounders

Chapter 13: Measurement and measurement error

Chapter 14: Selection bias and generalizability

Chapter 15: Precision and study size

Chapter 16: Fundamentals of epidemiologic data analysis

Chapter 17: Introduction to categorical statistics

Chapter 18: Stratification and standardization

Chapter 19: Categorical analysis of polytomous exposures and outcome

Chapter 20: Regression analysis part I: model specification

Chapter 21: Regression analysis part II: model fitting and assessment

Chapter 22: Time-to-event analysis

Chapter 23: Introduction to Bayesian statistics

Chapter 24: Longitudinal and cluster-correlated data analysis

Chapter 25: Causal inference with time-varying exposures

Chapter 26: Analysis of interaction

Chapter 27: Mediation analysis

Chapter 28: Instrumental variables and quasi-experimental approaches

Chapter 29: Bias analysis

Chapter 30: Ecologic studies and analysis

Chapter 31: Agent-based modeling

Chapter 32: Infectious disease epidemiology

Chapter 33: Reproductive epidemiology

Chapter 34: Psychiatric epidemiology

Chapter 35: Clinical epidemiology

Chapter 36: Molecular epidemiology

Chapter 37: Genetic epidemiology

Chapter 38: Injury and violence epidemiology

Chapter 39: Social epidemiology

Chapter 40: Environmental epidemiology

Chapter 41: Occupational epidemiology

Chapter 42: Nutritional epidemiology

Chapter 43: Pharmacoepidemiology

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9751-6628-0