Epidemiology: An IntroductionThis accessible and clearly-structured book offers a comprehensive insight into the methods and principles of epidemiological study alongside an analysis of the broad context in which epidemiological work is undertaken. Chapters on sources of epidemiological data, on epidemiological study designs and on basic statistical measures for epidemiological studies are used to introduce the reader to the traditional underpinnings of epidemiological work. |
Contents
Chapter 1 What is epidemiology? | 1 |
Part 1 The design and analysis of epidemiological studies | 11 |
Chapter 2 Epidemiological information | 13 |
Chapter 3 Pattern of disease | 32 |
Chapter 4 Principle and experiments | 53 |
Chapter 5 Observational studies and design choices | 70 |
Chapter 6 The epidemiological analysis of tabular data | 86 |
Part 2 Assessing and applying epidemiology | 105 |
Chapter 8 Evidencebased health care | 124 |
Chapter 9 Bringing in context and people | 142 |
Chapter 10 The practice of epidemiology | 156 |
Inferential statistics | 167 |
Glossary | 168 |
References | 173 |
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Back cover | 197 |
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