An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals (Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health)

Olsen, Jørn, Christensen, Kaare, Murray, Jeff, Ekbom, Anders

ISBN 10: 144191496X / ISBN 13: 9781441914965

Published by Springer, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals (Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144191496X
• ISBN 13: 9781441914965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jørn Olsen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health.