Epidemiology in medicine /
Charles H. Hennekens, Julie E. Buring ; edited by Sherry L. Mayrent ; foreword by Sir Richard Doll.
- First edition.
- xv, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Definition and background -- Design strategies in epidemiologic research -- Statistical association and cause-effect relationships -- Measures of disease frequency and association -- Descriptive studies -- Case-control studies -- Cohort studies -- Intervention studies -- Presentation an summarization of data -- Analysis of epidemiologic studies: evaluating the role of chance -- Analysis of epidemiologic studies: evaluating the role of bias -- Analysis of epidemiolgic studies: evaluating the role of confounding -- Screening.