Gerstman, B. Burt
Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / B. Burt Gerstman - 2nd ed - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2003 - xvii, 417 p. : ill., maps ; 26cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Epidemiology past and present -- Causal concepts -- The infectious disease process -- Screening for disease -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Incidence and prevalence -- Rate adjustment -- Measures of association and potential impact -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Experimental study designs -- Observational study designs -- Error in epidemiologic research -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel-Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction -- From association to causation -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space -- Outbreak investigation
0471400289 (paper : alk. paper)
2002155583
Epidemiology
RA651 / .G47 2003 RA651 / .G47 2003
614.4
WA 105 / G383e 2003
Epidemiology kept simple : an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / B. Burt Gerstman - 2nd ed - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2003 - xvii, 417 p. : ill., maps ; 26cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Epidemiology past and present -- Causal concepts -- The infectious disease process -- Screening for disease -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Incidence and prevalence -- Rate adjustment -- Measures of association and potential impact -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Experimental study designs -- Observational study designs -- Error in epidemiologic research -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel-Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction -- From association to causation -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space -- Outbreak investigation
0471400289 (paper : alk. paper)
2002155583
Epidemiology
RA651 / .G47 2003 RA651 / .G47 2003
614.4
WA 105 / G383e 2003