Epidemiology kept simple an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / [electronic resource] :
Gerstman, B. Burt
- 3rd ed.
- Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
- 1 online resource. 461 P:.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Epidemiology past and present -- Causal concepts -- Epidemiologic measures -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Introduction to epidemiologic study design -- Experimental studies -- Observational cohort studies -- Case control studies -- Error in epidemiologic research -- Screening for disease -- The infectious disease process -- Outbreak investigation -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel/Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction : effect measure modification -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space.