| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
viii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Author's names reversed on the first edition. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : an epidemic of blindness in young children -- Diseases and populations -- Disease frequency : basic -- Disease frequency : advanced -- Overview of study designs -- Sources of data on disease occurrence -- Person, place, and time -- Inferring a causal relation between exposure and disease -- Measures of excess risk -- Measurement error -- Confounding and its control : basic -- Confounding and its control : advanced -- Randomized trials -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Ecologic and multi-level studies -- Induction periods and latent periods -- Improving the sensitivity of epidemiologic studies -- Screening -- Outbreak investigation -- Evaluating the effects of policies on health. |
| Subject |
Epidemiology -- Methodology.
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Epidemiologic Methods.
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Epidemiology -- Methodology.
(OCoLC)fst00914098
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| Added Author |
Weiss, Noel S., 1941- author.
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| ISBN |
9780195314465 (alkaline paper) |
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0195314468 (alkaline paper) |
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