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RECORD NUMBER: 26 OF 66Main 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. |