Epidemiology

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Epidemiology

Leon Gordis

Elsevier Saunders, c2014

5th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Epidemiology, by award-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis, is a best-selling introduction to this complex science. Dr. Gordis leverages his vast experience teaching this subject in the classroom to introduce the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in a clear, uniquely memorable way. He guides you from an explanation of the epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention, through the use of epidemiologic principles to identify the causes of disease, to a discussion of how epidemiology should be used to improve evaluation and public policy. It's your best choice for an accessible yet rich understanding of epidemiology! "Overall, I think it is an excellent book for medical students and occupational medicine trainees and a useful revision and reference text for consultant occupational physicians one of the most clearly laid out and readable general epidemiology texts that I have ever seen". Reviewed by: Julia Smedley on behalf of Occupational Medicine Date: July 2015 Gain a solid foundation of basic epidemiologic principles as well as practical applications in public health and clinical practice. Visualize concepts vividly through abundant full-color figures, graphs, and charts. Check your understanding of essential information with 320 multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions (120 inside the book plus 200 more online). Access the complete contents online at Student Consult, including over 200 additional multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions not found in the book, with answers to all questions as well as full rationales explaining why every answer is correct or incorrect. Master the latest nuances in epidemiology thanks to a wealth of new and updated illustrations, examples, and epidemiologic data.

目次

SECTION I The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission CHAPTER 3 The Occurrence of Disease: I. Disease Surveillance and Measures of Morbidity CHAPTER 4 The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact CHAPTER 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests CHAPTER 6 The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis CHAPTER 7 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials CHAPTER 8 Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues SECTION II Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease CHAPTER 9 Cohort Studies CHAPTER 10 Case-Control Studies and Other Study Designs CHAPTER 11 Estimating Risk: Is There an Association? CHAPTER 12 More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention CHAPTER 13 A Pause for Review: Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies CHAPTER 14 From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences from Epidemiologic Studies CHAPTER 15 More on Causal Inferences: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction CHAPTER 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation SECTION III Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy CHAPTER 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services CHAPTER 18 The Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs CHAPTER 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy CHAPTER 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS INDEX

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB15524378
  • ISBN
    • 9781455737338
  • LCCN
    2013025693
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Philadelphia, Pa.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xv, 392 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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