TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gordis,Leon
TI  - Epidemiology
SN  - 072168338X (pbk.)
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - W.B. Saunders
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Epidemiologic Methods
N1  - 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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