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An introduction to epidemiology for health professionals / J�rn Olsen ... [et al.]. - New York : Springer, c2010. - xii, 161 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Springer series on epidemiology and health, 1869-7933 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Cross-sectional study -- 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.

ISBN: 9781461426004

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.

Dewey Class. No.: 614.4 / INT