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RECORD NUMBER: 26 OF 66| Main Title | Epidemiology : an introduction / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Rothman, Kenneth J. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 750986180 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780199754557 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0199754551 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Epidemiology ; Epidemiologic Methods | |||||||||||
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| Edition | 2nd ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | viii, 268 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction to epidemiologic thinking -- Pioneers in epidemiology and public health -- What is causation? -- Measuring disease occurrence and causal effects -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Infectious disease epidemiology -- Dealing with biases -- Random error and the role of statistics -- Analyzing simple epidemiologic data -- Controlling confounding by stratifying data -- Measuring interactions -- Using regression models in epidemiologic analysis -- Epidemiology in clinical settings. |