Epidemiology: An IntroductionAcross the last forty years, epidemiology has developed into a vibrant scientific discipline that brings together the social and biological sciences, incorporating everything from statistics to the philosophy of science in its aim to study and track the distribution and determinants of health events. A now-classic text, the second edition of this essential introduction to epidemiology presents the core concepts in a unified approach that aims to cut through the fog and elucidate the fundamental concepts. Rather than focusing on formulas or dogma, the book presents basic epidemiologic principles and concepts in a coherent and straightforward exposition. By emphasizing a unifying set of ideas, students will develop a strong foundation for understanding the principles of epidemiologic research. |
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Page vii
... chapter, new to this second edition, adds a historical perspective for the reader who is new to epidemiology, in the form of capsule profiles of pioneers in epidemiology and public health. The chapter illustrates the deep historical ...
... chapter, new to this second edition, adds a historical perspective for the reader who is new to epidemiology, in the form of capsule profiles of pioneers in epidemiology and public health. The chapter illustrates the deep historical ...
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... Chapter 7, and random error in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 introduces the basic analytic methods for estimating epidemiologic effects; these methods are extended in Chapter 10 to stratified data. Chapters 11 and 12 address the more advanced ...
... Chapter 7, and random error in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 introduces the basic analytic methods for estimating epidemiologic effects; these methods are extended in Chapter 10 to stratified data. Chapters 11 and 12 address the more advanced ...
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... Chapter 7. Here I aim only to demonstrate the kind of problem that epidemiology deals with routinely. I will also point out some basic fallacies, the kind that can be found in the newspapers on a regular basis and that occur commonly ...
... Chapter 7. Here I aim only to demonstrate the kind of problem that epidemiology deals with routinely. I will also point out some basic fallacies, the kind that can be found in the newspapers on a regular basis and that occur commonly ...
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... Chapter 10, I will return to these data and show how to calculate the effect of smoking on the risk of death after removal of the age confounding. Confounding is a problem that pervades many epidemiologic studies, but it is by no means ...
... Chapter 10, I will return to these data and show how to calculate the effect of smoking on the risk of death after removal of the age confounding. Confounding is a problem that pervades many epidemiologic studies, but it is by no means ...
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... fallacy of comparing the average age at which death or disease strikes, rather than comparing the risk of death between groups of the same age. In later chapters, I will explore the proper Introduction to Epidemiologic Thinking 5.
... fallacy of comparing the average age at which death or disease strikes, rather than comparing the risk of death between groups of the same age. In later chapters, I will explore the proper Introduction to Epidemiologic Thinking 5.
Contents
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3 What Is Causation? | 23 |
4 Measuring Disease Occurrence and Causal Effects | 38 |
5 Types of Epidemiologic Studies | 69 |
6 Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 110 |
7 Dealing with Biases | 124 |
8 Random Error and the Role of Statistics | 148 |
9 Analyzing Simple Epidemiologic Data | 164 |
10 Controlling Confounding by Stratifying Data | 176 |
11 Measuring Interactions | 198 |
12 Using Regression Models in Epidemiologic Analysis | 211 |
13 Epidemiology in Clinical Settings | 235 |
Appendix | 254 |
Index | 257 |
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