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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... epidemics of leprosy, plague, and other scourges that stirred frightened populations into drastic actions, not often successful. The Black Death was a pandemic of what is believed to be bubonic plague that swept Europe in the mid–14th ...
... epidemics of leprosy, plague, and other scourges that stirred frightened populations into drastic actions, not often successful. The Black Death was a pandemic of what is believed to be bubonic plague that swept Europe in the mid–14th ...
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... epidemic diseases will attack the city, either in summer or in winter, and what each individual will be in danger of experiencing from the change of regimen. For knowing the changes of the seasons, the risings and settings of the stars ...
... epidemic diseases will attack the city, either in summer or in winter, and what each individual will be in danger of experiencing from the change of regimen. For knowing the changes of the seasons, the risings and settings of the stars ...
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... epidemics, an idea that traces back to Hippocrates, although for Hippocrates the causal role of airs and waters was more definitive. Despite the importance of De contagione, Fracastoro is best known for his earlier epic poem Syphilis ...
... epidemics, an idea that traces back to Hippocrates, although for Hippocrates the causal role of airs and waters was more definitive. Despite the importance of De contagione, Fracastoro is best known for his earlier epic poem Syphilis ...
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... epidemics accompany the crowning of a new king. And he noted that physicians see more female patients than male patients. Although Graunt was an amateur scientist, he had a natural appreciation for the fine points of epidemiology. For ...
... epidemics accompany the crowning of a new king. And he noted that physicians see more female patients than male patients. Although Graunt was an amateur scientist, he had a natural appreciation for the fine points of epidemiology. For ...
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... epidemics that struck London in the mid–19th century, in which he determined that local and comparatively small ... epidemic of cholera that raged there in the summer of 1854. The popularization of the dramatic vignette of the pump ...
... epidemics that struck London in the mid–19th century, in which he determined that local and comparatively small ... epidemic of cholera that raged there in the summer of 1854. The popularization of the dramatic vignette of the pump ...
Contents
Measuring Disease Occurrence and Causal Effects | |
Types of Epidemiologic Studies | |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology | |
Dealing with Biases | |
Random Error and the Role of Statistics | |
Controlling Confounding by Stratifying Data | |
Measuring Interactions | |
Using Regression Models in Epidemiologic Analysis | |
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Epidemiology in Clinical Settings | |
Appendix | |
Index | |
Analyzing Simple Epidemiologic Data | |
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