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Clinical epidemiology : the essentials / Robert H. Fletcher, Suzanne W. Fletcher, Grant S. Fletcher.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fletcher, Robert H., author.
Fletcher, Suzanne W., author.
Fletcher, Grant S., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Clinical epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Medical Subjects:
Epidemiologic Methods.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : color illustrations, map
Edition:
5th edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2014]
Summary:
Now in its Fifth Edition, a comprehensive, concise, and clinically oriented introduction to the subject of epidemiology. Written by expert educators, this text introduces students to the principles of evidence-based medicine that will help them develop and apply methods of clinical observation in order to form accurate conclusions. The Fifth Edition includes more complete coverage of systematic reviews and knowledge management, as well as other key topics such as abnormality, diagnosis, frequency and risk, prognosis, treatment, prevention, chance, studying cases and cause.
Contents:
Frequency
Abnormality
Risk : basic principles
Risk : exposure to disease
Risk : disease to exposure
Prognosis
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Chance
Cause
Summarizing the evidence
Knowledge management.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Fletcher, Robert H. Clinical epidemiology.
ISBN:
9781469826257
1469826259
OCLC:
859337100
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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