TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gordis,Leon
TI  - Epidemiology
SN  - 1416025308
AV  - RA651 .G67 2004
U1  - 614.4 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Philadelphia, Pa.
PB  - Saunders
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Epidemiologic Methods
N1  - 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
ER  -