Epidemiology: beyond the basics
This book is specifically designed to expand reader knowledge while avoiding complex statistical formulations. Emphasizing the quantitative issues of epidemiology, this book focuses on study design, measures of association, interaction, research assessment, and other methods and practice. The Second Edition takes readers who have a good understanding of basic epidemiological principles through more rigorous discussions of concepts and methods.
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- Full title :Epidemiology : beyond the basics / cMoyses Szklo, F. Javier Nieto.
Summary
This book is specifically designed to expand reader knowledge while avoiding complex statistical formulations. Emphasizing the quantitative issues of epidemiology, this book focuses on study design, measures of association, interaction, research assessment, and other methods and practice. The Second Edition takes readers who have a good understanding of basic epidemiological principles through more rigorous discussions of concepts and methods.
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- Publication Date:cc2014, [i.e. 2012]
- Edition:3rd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Place of Publication:Burlington, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:cc2014, [i.e. 2012]
Notes
Book available in 2012 ; has copyright date of 2014 on title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 515 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781449604691, 1449604692
- oclc:on1058758103
- LC Classification:RA651
- Dewey Decimal:614.4
Table of Contents
Basic study designs in analytical epidemiology -- Measuring disease occurrence -- Measuring associations between exposures and outcomes -- Understanding lack of validity : bias -- Identifying noncausal associations : confounding -- Defining and assessing heterogeneity of effects : interaction -- Stratification and adjustment : multivariate analysis in epidemiology -- Quality assurance and control -- Communicating results of epidemiologic studies -- Epidemiologic issues in the interface with public health policy.
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