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Gordis, Leon, 1934-

Epidemiology / Leon Gordis. - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders, 2004. - xi, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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.

ISBN: 1416025308

LCCN: 2003054280

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.

LC Class. No.: RA651 / .G67 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 614.4

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 105 / G661e 2004