Gordis epidemiology /
This bestselling text provides a solid introduction to basic epidemiologic principles as well as practical application in public health and clinical practice, highlighted by real-world examples throughout. New coverage includes expanded information on genetic epidemiology, epidemiology and public po...
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Philadephia :
Elsevier,
2019.
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| Edizione: | 6th ed. |
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Sommario:
- The dynamics of disease transmission
- The occurrence of disease: I. Disease surveillance and measures of morbidity
- The occurrence of disease:II. Morality 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
- Observational studies
- Cohort studies
- Comparing cohort and case-control studies
- Assessing preventive and therapeutic measures: randomized trials
- Randomized trials: some further issues
- Estimating risk: is there an association?
- More on risk: estimating the potential for prevention
- From association to causation: deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies
- More on causal inference: bias, confounding, and interaction
- Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation
- Using epidemiology to evaluate health services
- Epidemiologic approach to evaluating screening programs
- Epidemiology and public policy
- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.