Epidemiology Kept Simply: Introduction to Traditional and Modern Epidemiology

Abstract

2nd ed. Epidemiology past and present -- Disease and causal concepts -- The infectious disease process -- Screening for disease -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Incidence and prevalence -- Rate adjustment -- Measures of association and potential impact -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Experimental studies -- Observational studies -- Types of errors in epidemiologic research -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel-Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction -- From association to causation -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space -- Outbreak investigation.