Cardiovascular survey methods / Russell V. Luepker, Alun Evans, Paul McKeigue and K. Srinath Reddy

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Luepker, Russell V

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, c2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9789241545761
9241545763

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DDC classification:

616.1072 CAR

Contents:

1. History of cardiovascular epidemiology 2. General principles 3. Study designs 4. Principles of study design and measurement 5. Data sources 6. Conductint the research 7. Mortality surveillance 8. Morbidity surveillance 9. Population surveys Glossary List of appendices 1-37 (on CD Rom)

Summary: Attempts to provide a broad picture of cardiovascular disease epidemiology including survey methods, experimental methods, and new methods appropriate for use in developed and developing countries. It also goes beyond practical guidelines to provide detailed methods useful in the field for data collection, editing, analysis, and interpretation. The book is not only a manual of operations for surveys but provide as well the conceptual background and literature base for the research approaches and procedures that it proposes. A compendium of methods and forms on a computer disk is included

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Includes bibliography p. 172-180.

1. History of cardiovascular epidemiology
2. General principles
3. Study designs
4. Principles of study design and measurement
5. Data sources
6. Conductint the research
7. Mortality surveillance
8. Morbidity surveillance
9. Population surveys
Glossary
List of appendices 1-37 (on CD Rom)

Attempts to provide a broad picture of cardiovascular disease epidemiology including survey methods, experimental methods, and new methods appropriate for use in developed and developing countries. It also goes beyond practical guidelines to provide detailed methods useful in the field for data collection, editing, analysis, and interpretation. The book is not only a manual of operations for surveys but provide as well the conceptual background and literature base for the research approaches and procedures that it proposes. A compendium of methods and forms on a computer disk is included

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