Introduction to EpidemiologyIntroduction to Epidemiology, Seventh Edition is the ideal introductory text for the epidemiology student with minimal training in the biomedical sciences and statistics. |
Contents
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2 Historic Developments in Epidemiology | 17 |
3 Practical Disease Concepts in Epidemiology | 39 |
4 Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Descriptive Epidemiology | 67 |
5 Descriptive Epidemiology According to Person Place and Time | 91 |
6 General Health and Population Indicators | 121 |
7 Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Analytic Epidemiology | 141 |
8 Experimental Studies in Epidemiology | 159 |
12 Clinical Epidemiology | 231 |
I Case Studies | 243 |
II Selected Statistical Techniques for Measuring Association Between Two Variables According to Variable Type | 293 |
III Common Study Designs with Selected Measures of Association and Test Statistics | 295 |
IV Summary of Confidence Intervals for Evaluating Selected Hypotheses | 297 |
V Classification and Specialty Journals in Epidemiology | 299 |
VI Epidemiologic Associations and Societies | 301 |
VII Selected Answers to Chapter Questions | 303 |
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