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Epidemiology / Leon Gordis

By: Publication details: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, c2000.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xii, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 072168338X (pbk.)
  • 9780721683386
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WA 105 G661e 2000
Contents:
Contents Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention 1. Introduction 2. The Dynamics of Disease Transmission 3. Measuring the Occurrence of Disease 4. Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests 5. The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis 6. Assessing the Efficacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials 7. Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease 8. Cohort Studies 9. Case-Control and Cross-Sectional Studies 10. Estimating Risk: Is There an Association? 11. More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention 12. A Pause for Review: Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies 13. From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences from Epidemiologic Studies 14. More on Causal Inferences: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction 15. Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy 16. Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services 17. The Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluation of Screening Programs 18. Epidemiology and Public Policy 19. Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention
1. Introduction
2. The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
3. Measuring the Occurrence of Disease
4. Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
5. The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis
6. Assessing the Efficacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials
7. Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues

Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease
8. Cohort Studies
9. Case-Control and Cross-Sectional Studies
10. Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?
11. More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention
12. A Pause for Review: Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
13. From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences from Epidemiologic Studies
14. More on Causal Inferences: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction
15. Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation

Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy
16. Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
17. The Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluation of Screening Programs
18. Epidemiology and Public Policy
19. Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology

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