Rev. ed. of: Lecture notes. Epidemiology and public health medicine / Richard Farmer, Ross Lawrenson. 5th. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology : defining disease and normality / Sara Brookes & Yoav Ben-Shlomo -- Measuring and summarising data / Sara Brookes & Yoav Ben-Shlomo -- Epidemiological concepts / Sara Brookes & Yoav Ben-Shlomo -- Statistical inference, confidence intervals, and P values / Kate Tilling, Sara Brookes & Jonathan A.C. Sterne -- Observational studies / Mona Jeffreys & Yoav Ben-Shlomo -- Genetic epidemiology / David M. Evans & Ian Day -- Investigating causes of disease / Debbie A. Lawlor & John Macleod -- Evidence based medicine : an overview / Yoav Ben-Shlomo & Matthew Hickman -- Diagnosis / Penny Whiting & Richard M. Martin -- Prognosis / Yoav Ben-Shlomo & Matthew Hickman -- Effectiveness / Sara Brookes & Jenny Donovan -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis / Penny Whiting & Jonathan A.C. Sterne -- Health economics / William Hollingworth & Sian Noble -- Audit, research ethics, and governance / Joanne Simon & Yoav Ben-Shlomo -- Public health / Matthew Hickman, Ruth Kipping & David Gunnell -- Screening / Angela E. Raffle -- Infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance / Caroline Trotter, Isabel Oliver & Matthew Hickman -- Inequalities in health / Bruna Galobardes, Mona Jeffreys & George Davey Smith -- Health improvement / Bruce Bolam -- Evaluating public health and complex interventions / Yoav Ben-Shlomo & Rona Campbell -- Health care targets / Maya Gobin & Gabriel Scally -- Global health / Sanjay Kinra, David L. Heymann & Shah Ebrahim.