Essentials of epidemiology in public health /
Aschengrau, Ann.
Essentials of epidemiology in public health / Ann Aschengrau, George R. Seage III. - 2nd ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008. - ix, 516 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The approach and evolution of epidemiology -- Measures of disease frequency -- Comparing disease frequencies -- Sources of public health data -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Overview of epidemiologic study designs -- Experimental studies -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Bias -- Confounding -- Random error -- Effect measure modification -- Critical review of epidemiologic studies -- The epidemiologic approach to causation -- Screening in public health practice -- Ethics in research involving human participants.
9780763740252 076374025X
2007-000636
Epidemiology.
Public health.
Social medicine.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Public Health.
Essentials of epidemiology in public health / Ann Aschengrau, George R. Seage III. - 2nd ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008. - ix, 516 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The approach and evolution of epidemiology -- Measures of disease frequency -- Comparing disease frequencies -- Sources of public health data -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Overview of epidemiologic study designs -- Experimental studies -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Bias -- Confounding -- Random error -- Effect measure modification -- Critical review of epidemiologic studies -- The epidemiologic approach to causation -- Screening in public health practice -- Ethics in research involving human participants.
9780763740252 076374025X
2007-000636
Epidemiology.
Public health.
Social medicine.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Public Health.