An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals (eBook)

Jørn Olsen, Kaare Christensen, Jeff Murray, Anders Ekbom (Autoren)

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2010 | 2010
XII, 163 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4419-1497-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Today, the public worries about emerging diseases and rapid changes of the frequency of well known diseases like autism, diabetes and obesity making the word epidemic part of the general discussion. Epidemiology should therefore be a basic component of medical training, yet often it is undertaught or even neglected. Concise and readable while also rigorous and thorough, An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals goes beyond standard textbook content to ground the reader in scientific methods most relevant to the current health landscape and the evolution of evidence-based medicine—valuable keys to better understanding of disease process, effective prevention, and targeted treatment.

Autor

Jørn Olsen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health.

Inhalt

Descriptive Epidemiology.- Measures of Disease Occurrence.- Estimates of Associations.- Age Standardization.- Causes of Diseases.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Public Health.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology.- Descriptive Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology.- Analytical Epidemiology.- Design Options.- Follow-Up Studies.- Case–Control Studies.- The Cross-Sectional Study.- The Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).- Analytical Epidemiology in Public Health.- Analytical Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology.- Analytical Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology.- Sources of Error.- Confounding and Bias.- Confounding.- Information Bias.- Selection Bias.- Making Inference and Making Decisions.- Sources of Error in Public Health Epidemiology.- Sources of Error in Genetic Epidemiology.- Sources of Error in Clinical Epidemiology.- Statistics in Epidemiology.- P Values.- Calculating Confidence Intervals.- Erratum to: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals.- Erratum to: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Series on Epidemiology and Health
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
• Schlagworte: Clinical Epidemiology • clinical research • Diabetes • epidemiology • Evidence-based Medicine • GEM919 • Genetic Epidemiology • Obesity • prevention • Public Health • study design • supplemental textbook
• ISBN-10: 1-4419-1497-8 / 1441914978
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1497-2 / 9781441914972