TY  - BOOK
AU  - Silman,Alan J.
AU  - Macfarlane,Gary J.
AU  - Macfarlane,Tatiana V.
TI  - Epidemiological studies: a practical guide 
SN  - 9780198814726
U1  - 614.4 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Previous edition: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002; Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Part A: Introduction
1. Scope of epidemiological enquiry and overview of main problem areas
Part B: Measuring the occurrence of disease
2. Which measure of disease occurrence?
3. Comparing rates between and within populations
4. Studies of disease occurrence: the population
5. Studies of disease occurrence: assessing disease status in study populations
Part C: Studying associations between exposures and disease
6. Which type of epidemiological study?
7. Quantifying the association between exposures and diseases: which measure?
Part D: Selection of populations and samples to study in studies of disease aetiology
8. Studies of disease causation
9. Use of secondary data
Part E: Information from epidemiological studies
10. Collecting information
11. Obtaining valid information
12. Repeatability
13. Participation in epidemiology studies
14. Feasibility and pilot studies
Part F: Analysis and Interpretation of epidemiological data
15. Preparation of collected primary data for statistical analysis
16. Introductory data analysis: descriptive epidemiology
17. Introductory data analysis: analytical epidemiology
18. Confounding
19. Bias
20. Association or causation
Part G: Coherence of evidence across studies
21. Reviews of evidence
22. Meta-analysis
Part H: Other practical issues
23. Ethical issues in epidemiology
24. The costs of an epidemiological study; SR; SR
N2  - Supplemented throughout by appropriate examples and helpful hints, this practical guide to the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiological studies is designed to support and encourage new students as well as clinical professionals. --! From publisher's description
UR  - https://search.worldcat.org/title/1083593448
ER  -