An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals
1st Edition
Published on 14. June 2010
XII, 163 pages
978-1-4419-1497-2 (ISBN)
Description
Jørn Olsen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer US
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XII, 163 p.
File size
2,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-1497-2 (9781441914972)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-1497-2
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Jørn Olsen | Kaare Christensen | Jeff Murray
An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals
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05/2010
Springer
€117.69
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Persons
Jørn Olsen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health.
Content
Descriptive Epidemiology.- Measures of Disease Occurrence.- Estimates of Associations.- Age Standardization.- Causes of Diseases.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Public Health.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology.- Analytical Epidemiology.- Design Options.- Follow-Up Studies.- Case-Control Studies.- The Cross-Sectional Study.- The Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).- Analytical Epidemiology in Public Health.- Analytical Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology.- Analytical Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology.- Sources of Error.- Confounding and Bias.- Confounding.- Information Bias.- Selection Bias.- Making Inference and Making Decisions.- Sources of Error in Public Health Epidemiology.- Sources of Error in Genetic Epidemiology.- Sources of Error in Clinical Epidemiology.- Statistics in Epidemiology.- P Values.- Calculating Confidence Intervals.- Erratum to: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals.- Erratum to: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals.
