TY - BOOK AU - Gerstman,B.Burt TI - Epidemiology kept simple: an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology SN - 9780471400288 (pbk). U1 - 614.4 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley-Liss KW - Epidemiology KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - Research Design KW - Statistics KW - methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Epidemiology past and present -- Disease and causal concepts -- The infectious disease process -- Screening for disease -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Incidence and prevalence -- Rate adjustment -- Measures of association and potential impact -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Experimental studies -- Observational studies -- Types of errors in epidemiologic research -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel-Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction -- From association to causation -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space -- Outbreak investigation UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley035/2002155583.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley031/2002155583.html ER -