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Epidemiology / Leon Gordis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders, 2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xi, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1416025308
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.4 21
LOC classification:
  • RA651 .G67 2004
NLM classification:
  • WA 105
Contents:
The dynamics of disease transmission--Measuring the occurrence of disease : I. Morbidity--Measuring the occurrence of disease: II. Mortality--Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests--The natural history of disease : ways of expressing prognosis--Assessing the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures : randomized trials--Randomized trials : some further issues--Cohort studies--Case-control and cross-sectional studies--Estimating risk : is there an association?--More on risk : estimating the potential for prevention--A pause for review : comparing cohort and case-control studies--From association to causation : deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies--More on causal inferences : bias, confounding, and interaction--Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation--Using epidemiology to evaluate health services--The epidemiologic approach to the evaluation of screening programs--Epidemiology and public policy--Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.
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Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks Non-fiction RA651 .G67 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Z010969

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The dynamics of disease transmission--Measuring the occurrence of disease : I. Morbidity--Measuring the occurrence of disease: II. Mortality--Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests--The natural history of disease : ways of expressing prognosis--Assessing the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures : randomized trials--Randomized trials : some further issues--Cohort studies--Case-control and cross-sectional studies--Estimating risk : is there an association?--More on risk : estimating the potential for prevention--A pause for review : comparing cohort and case-control studies--From association to causation : deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies--More on causal inferences : bias, confounding, and interaction--Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation--Using epidemiology to evaluate health services--The epidemiologic approach to the evaluation of screening programs--Epidemiology and public policy--Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.

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