Epidemiology
with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
4th Edition
Published on 1. May 2008
Book
Mixed media product
400 pages
978-1-4160-4002-6 (ISBN)
Description
This popular book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He introduces the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concise writing and his inimitable style. This book provides an understanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fully updated sections: Section I - The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention; Section II - Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease; and, Section III - Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy. Clear, practical graphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
College/higher education
Health Professional market: Medical, Public health, and Nursing students
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Approx. 200 illustrations (150 in full color)
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 184 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4160-4002-6 (9781416040026)
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Content
SECTION I The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention CHAPTER 1 Introduction 3 CHAPTER 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission 19 CHAPTER 3 Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: I. Morbidity 37 CHAPTER 4 Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality 59 CHAPTER 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests 85 CHAPTER 6 The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis 109 CHAPTER 7 Assessing the Effi cacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials 131 CHAPTER 8 Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues 147 SECTION II Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease CHAPTER 9 Cohort Studies 167 CHAPTER 10 Case-Control Studies and Other Study Designs 177 CHAPTER 11 Estimating Risk: Is There an Association? 201 Xiv CHAPTER 12 More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention 215 CHAPTER 13 A Pause for Review: Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies 223 CHAPTER 14 From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences from Epidemiologic Studies 227 CHAPTER 15 More on Causal Inferences: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction 247 CHAPTER 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation 265 SECTION III Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy CHAPTER 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services 293 CHAPTER 18 The Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs 311 CHAPTER 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy 333 CHAPTER 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology 349 ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 361 INDEX 363 xv