Epidemiology Beyond the Basics

Name: Epidemiology Beyond the Basics
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ISBN: 9780763747220

ISBN-10: 076374722X

ISBN-13: 9780763747220

Edition: 2004

Authors: Moyses Szklo, F. Javier Nieto

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Epidemiology: Beyond the Basicsis 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.Epidemiology: Beyond the Basicstakes readers who have a good understanding of basic epidemiological principles through more rigorous discussions of concepts and methods. It is valuable for both graduate students in public health and public health professionals.

Book details

List price: $98.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 494
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Introduction



Basic Study Designs in Analytical Epidemiology



Measures of Disease Occurence and Association



Measuring Disease Occurence



Measuring Associations Between Exposures and Outcomes



Threats to Validity and Issues of Interpretation



Understanding Lack of Validity



Identifying Noncausal Associations: Confounding



Defining and Assessing Heterogeneity of Effects: Interaction



Dealing with Threats to Validity



Stratification and Adjustment: Multivariate Analysis in Epidemiology



Quality Assurance and Control



Issues of Reporting



Communicating Results of Epidemiologic Studies



Standard Errors, Confidence Intervals, and Hypothesis Testing for Selected Measures of Risk and Measures of Association



Test for Trend (Dose Response)



Test of Homogeneity of Stratified Estimates (Test for Interaction)



Quality Assurance and Quality Control Procedures Manual for Blood Pressure Measurement and Blood/Urine Collection in the ARIC Study



Calculation of the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient