Epidemiology. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leon Gordis, MD, MPH, DrPH.
• Authors: Gordis, Leon, 1934-2015
• Contents: The dynamics of disease transmission -- The occurrence of disease : I. Disease surveillance and measures of morbidity -- The occurrence of disease: II. Mortality and other measures of disease impact -- Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests -- The natural history of disease : ways of expressing prognosis -- Assessing preventive and therapeutic measures : randomized trials -- Randomized trials : some further issues -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies and other study designs -- 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 evaluating screening programs -- Epidemiology and public policy -- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 392 pages), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 614.4; Epidemiology; MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL -- Public Health; Epidemiology; Epidemiology; Medical bacteriology; Medicine; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiology; Epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455742516; 1455742511
• Related ISBNs: 9781455737338; 145573733X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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