Epidemiologic methods : studying the occurrence of illness / Noel S. Weiss, Thomas D. Koepsell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Noel S., 1941- author.

Koepsell, Thomas D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemiology--Methodology.

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of Epidemiologic Methods offers a rigorous introduction to the concepts and tools of epidemiologic research. Aimed chiefly at future epidemiologists, the book offers clear descriptions, practical examples, and question/answer sections for each of the science's key concepts. Authored by two award-winning epidemiology instructors, this book is ideally suited for use as a text in a graduate-level course sequence in epidemiologic methods. The book's chapters are organized around three main themes: general concepts and tools of epidemiology; major study designs; and special topi

Contents:

Epidemiologicmethods : studying the occurrence of illness; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: An Epidemic of Blindness in; Diseases and Populations; Disease Frequency: Basic; Disease Frequency: Advanced; Overview of Study Designs; Sources of Data on DiseaseOccurrence; Person, Place, and Time; Inferring a Causal Relation BetweenExposure 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; Ecological andMulti-Level Studies

Induction Periods and Latent PeriodsImproving the Sensitivity of Epidemiologic Studies; Screening; Outbreak Investigation; Evaluating the Effects of Policies on Health; INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-938778-8

0-19-938779-6

0-19-971816-4