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This perennial bestseller is an ideal introductions to epidemiology in health care. The fifith editon retains the book's simplicity and brevity, at the same time providing the reader with the core elements of epidemiology needed in health care practice and research. The text has been revised throughout, with new examples introduced to bring the book right up to date.



Table of Contents
1 What is Epidemiology?.

2 Quantifiying Disease in Populations.

3 Comparing Disease Rates.

4 Measurement Error and Bias.

5 Planning and Conducting a Survey.

6 Ecological Studies.

7 Longitudinal Studies.

8 Case-control and Cross Sectional Studies.

9 Experimental Studies.

10 Screening.

11 Outbreaks of Disease.

12 Reading Epidemiolgical Reports.

Further Reading.

Index

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated

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    A Paperback / softback by David Coggon, David Barker, Geoffrey Rose

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 02/05/2003
      ISBN13: 9780727916044, 978-0727916044
      ISBN10: 0727916041
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This perennial bestseller is an ideal introductions to epidemiology in health care. The fifith editon retains the book's simplicity and brevity, at the same time providing the reader with the core elements of epidemiology needed in health care practice and research. The text has been revised throughout, with new examples introduced to bring the book right up to date.



      Table of Contents
      1 What is Epidemiology?.

      2 Quantifiying Disease in Populations.

      3 Comparing Disease Rates.

      4 Measurement Error and Bias.

      5 Planning and Conducting a Survey.

      6 Ecological Studies.

      7 Longitudinal Studies.

      8 Case-control and Cross Sectional Studies.

      9 Experimental Studies.

      10 Screening.

      11 Outbreaks of Disease.

      12 Reading Epidemiolgical Reports.

      Further Reading.

      Index

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