Epidemiology Kept Simple An Introduction to Traditional and Modern Epidemiology

Name: Epidemiology Kept Simple An Introduction to Traditional and Modern Epidemiology
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ISBN: 9781444336085

ISBN-10: 1444336088

ISBN-13: 9781444336085

Edition: 3rd 2013

Authors: B. Burt Gerstman

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This text introduces the history and the use of epidemiology as a discipline. It clearly explains the concepts and techniques associated with traditional epidemiology, the design of trials and the analysis of observational data and advanced biostatistical and epidemiologic techniques. It includes practical exercises, case studies and real–world applications throughout and explains all new terminology with minimum use of technical language.

Book details

List price: $104.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Preface to the Third Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgments



Epidemiology Past and Present



Causal Concepts



Epidemiologic Measures



Descriptive Epidemiology



Introduction to Epidemiologic Study Design



Experimental studies



Observational cohort studies



Case control studies



Error in Epidemiologic Research



Screening for disease



The Infectious Disease Process



Outbreak Investigation



Confidence Intervals and p Values



Mantel-Haenszel Methods



Statistical Interaction: Effect Measure Modification



Case Definitions and Disease Classification



Survival Analysis



Current Life Tables



Random Distribution of Cases in Time and Space


Answers to Exercises and Review Questions



95% Confidence Limits for Poisson Counts



Tail Areas in the Standard Normal (Z) Distribution: Double There Areas for Two-Sided p Values



Right-Tail Areas in Chi-Square Distributions



Case Study-Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer



Case Study-Tampons and Toxic Shock Syndrome


Index