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Epidemiology beyond the basics

M. Szklo (Moyses) F. Javier Nieto

Sudbury, Mass. Jones and Bartlett c2004

Localização: EERP - Esc. Enfermagem Ribeirão Preto    (614.4 S993e 18544 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Epidemiology beyond the basics
  • Autor: M. Szklo (Moyses)
  • F. Javier Nieto
  • Assuntos: Epidemiology; Epidemiology -- Methodology; EPIDEMIOLOGIA; MÉTODOS EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS; EPIDEMIOLOGIA ANALÍTICA; ESTUDOS DE COORTES; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiology
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Descrição: Basic study designs in analytical epidemiology -- Introduction: descriptive and analytical epidemiology -- Analysis of age, birth cohort, and period effects -- Ecologic studies -- Studies based on individuals as observation units -- Measuring disease occurrence -- Introduction: basic elements of epidemiologic inference; defining and counting disease outcomes -- Measures of incidence -- Measures of prevalence -- Odds -- Measuring associations between exposures and outcomes -- Introduction -- Measuring associations in a cohort study -- Cross-sectional studies: point prevalence rate ratio -- Measuring associations in case-control studies --Assessing the strength of associations -- Threats to validity and issues of interpretation -- Understanding lack of validity: bias overview -- Selection bias -- Information bias -- Combined selection/information biases -- Biases in reporting study results: publication bias -- Identifying noncausal associations: confounding -- Introduction -- The nature of the association between the confounder, the exposure, and the outcome -- Assessing the presence of confounding -- Additional issues related to confounding -- Conclusion -- Defining and assessing heterogeneity of effects: interaction -- Introduction -- How is effect measured? -- Strategies to evaluate interaction -- Assessment of interaction in case-control studies -- More on the interchangeability of the definitions of interaction -- Which is the relevant model: additive versus
    multiplicative interaction? -- The nature and reciprocity of interaction -- Interaction, confounding effect, and adjustment -- Statistical modeling and statistical tests for interaction -- Interpreting interaction -- Interaction and search for new risk factors in low-risk groups -- Interaction and "representativeness" of associations -- Dealing with threats to validity -- Stratification and adjustment: multivariate analysis in epidemiology -- Introduction -- Stratification and adjustment technique
  • Editor: Sudbury, Mass. Jones and Bartlett
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2004
  • Formato: xvi, 495 p. ill. 23 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês
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