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Epidemiology

Leon Gordis 1934-

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Title:
Epidemiology
Author: Leon Gordis 1934-
Subjects: Epidemiology; Epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods; EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Description: The dynamics of disease transmission -- Measuring the occurrence of disease : I. Morbidity -- Measuring the occurrence of disease: II. Mortality -- Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests -- The natural history of disease : ways of expressing prognosis -- Assessing the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures : randomized trials -- Randomized trials : some further issues -- Cohort studies -- Case-control and cross-sectional studies -- 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 the evaluation of screening programs -- Epidemiology and public policy -- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. Elsevier Saunders
Creation Date: c2004
Format: xi, 335 p ill., maps 26 cm.
Language: English

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