Epidemiology / Leon Gordis.
Material type: TextPublisher: Singapore : Elsevier/Saunders, c2016Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xv, 392 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: 9781455737338 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Epidemiology | Epidemiologic MethodsLOC classification: RA651 | .G67 2016Item type | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | MMSU College of Medicine | RA651.G67 2016 COM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 18-0568 | Available | 34920 COM |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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