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100 1 $aAschengrau, Ann.
245 10 $aEssentials of epidemiology in public health /$cAnn Aschengrau, George R. Seage III.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aSudbury, Mass. :$bJones and Bartlett Publishers,$cc2008.
300 $aix, 516 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps, port. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe approach and evolution of epidemiology -- Measures of disease frequency -- Comparing disease frequencies -- Sources of public health data -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Overview of epidemiologic study designs -- Experimental studies -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Bias -- Confounding -- Random error -- Effect measure modification -- Critical review of epidemiologic studies -- The epidemiologic approach to causation -- Screening in public health practice -- Ethics in research involving human participants.
520 $aCombines theory and practice in presenting traditional and new epidemiologic concepts. Broad in scope, the text opens with five chapters covering the basic epidemiologic concepts and data sources. A major emphasis is placed on study design, with separate chapters devoted to each of the three main analytic designs: experimental, cohort, and case-control studies. Full chapters on bias, confounding, and random error, including the role of statistics in epidemiology, ensure that students are well-equipped with the necessary information to interpret the results of epidemiologic studies. An entire chapter is also devoted to the concept of effect measure modification, an often-neglected topic in introductory textbooks. Up-to-date examples from the epidemiologic literature on diseases of public health importance are provided throughout the book. The second edition has been thoroughly revised with up-to-date examples and data from epidemiologic literature and features over 100 new study questions.
650 0 $aEpidemiology.
650 0 $aPublic health.
650 0 $aSocial medicine.
650 12 $aEpidemiologic Methods.
650 22 $aPublic Health.
700 1 $aSeage, George R.
988 $a20071215
906 $0OCLC