Epidemiology

Epidemiology: key to prevention

by Krickeberg, Klaus

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This book is meant for adoption in first courses on epidemiology in Medical Schools and Faculties of Public Health in developing and transition countries and in workshops in these countries, taught for example by members of international organizations. It is also suitable for parallel or second reading within curricula in developed countries and for teaching epidemiology in a Master's programme on "International Health". The book will enable any lecturer to compose his or her introductory cours…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Epidemiology : key to prevention / Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham.

Summary

This book is meant for adoption in first courses on epidemiology in Medical Schools and Faculties of Public Health in developing and transition countries and in workshops in these countries, taught for example by members of international organizations. It is also suitable for parallel or second reading within curricula in developed countries and for teaching epidemiology in a Master's programme on "International Health". The book will enable any lecturer to compose his or her introductory courses on epidemiology by selecting the material deemed appropriate. It will provide a solid fo.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Springer
  • Place of Publication:New York, NY
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xv, 255 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781461412052, 1461412056, 1461412048, 9781461412045
  • oclc:ocn761390400
  • LC Classification:RA651
  • Dewey Decimal:614.4

Table of Contents

Idea of epidemiology -- Uses and applications of epidemiology -- Some case studies and situation analyses -- Infectious diseases: descriptive epidemiology, transmission, surveillance, control -- Infectious diseases: modelling, immunity -- Diarrhoea and cholera -- Tuberculosis and malaria -- Dengue fever -- Viral hepatitis -- HIV/AIDS -- Origin of information: registers and health information systems -- Origin of information: sampling -- Descriptive data analysis and statistics -- Normal law and applications: sample size, confidence intervals, tests -- Basic concepts of epidemiology -- Cross-sectional studies -- Cohort studies -- Clinical (therapeutic) trials -- Clinical epidemiology -- Case-control studies -- Confounding -- Epidemiology of cancer -- Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases -- Community studies -- Nutritional and environmental epidemiology -- Social and genetic epidemiology -- Some practical considerations around epidemiologic studies.

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Subjects

Epidemiologic Methods Epidemiologie Epidemiology Médecine préventive -- Méthodologie MEDICAL -- Epidemiology MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment Medicine, Preventive -- Methodology Preventive Medicine -- methods Public health -- Methodology Public Health -- methods Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine,…

Writers

Krickeberg, Klaus Phạm, Thị Mỹ Hạhn Phạm, Văn Trọng, (Professor of public h…

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