Gerstman, B. Burt.
Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2003. - xvii, 417 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
9780471400288 (pbk). 0471400289
2002155583
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Research Design.
Statistics--methods.
614.4 / G47
Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2003. - xvii, 417 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
9780471400288 (pbk). 0471400289
2002155583
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Research Design.
Statistics--methods.
614.4 / G47