Epidemiology for the Uninitiated

David Coggon, David Barker, Geoffrey Rose (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2003 | 5th edition
BMJ Books (Verlag)
978-0-7279-1604-4 (ISBN)

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This perennial bestseller is an ideal introductions to epidemiology in health care. The fifith editon retains the book's simplicity and brevity, at the same time providing the reader with the core elements of epidemiology needed in health care practice and research. The text has been revised throughout, with new examples introduced to bring the book right up to date.

David Coggon is the author of Epidemiology for the Uninitiated, 5th Edition, published by Wiley. David James Purslove Barker CBE was an English physician and epidemiologist and originator of the Barker Hypothesis that foetal and early infant conditions have a permanent conditioning effect on the body's metabolism and chronic conditions later in life.

1 What is Epidemiology?. 2 Quantifiying Disease in Populations.

3 Comparing Disease Rates.

4 Measurement Error and Bias.

5 Planning and Conducting a Survey.

6 Ecological Studies.

7 Longitudinal Studies.

8 Case-control and Cross Sectional Studies.

9 Experimental Studies.

10 Screening.

11 Outbreaks of Disease.

12 Reading Epidemiolgical Reports.

Further Reading.

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.5.2003
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	136 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
ISBN-10	0-7279-1604-1 / 0727916041
ISBN-13	978-0-7279-1604-4 / 9780727916044
Zustand	Neuware