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Gerstman, B. Burt.

Epidemiology kept simple an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / [electronic resource] : B. Burt Gerstman. - 3rd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. - xvi, 461 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology past and present -- Causal concepts -- Epidemiologic measures -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Introduction to epidemiologic study design -- Experimental studies -- Observational cohort studies -- Case control studies -- Error in epidemiologic research -- Screening for disease -- The infectious disease process -- Outbreak investigation -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel/Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction : effect measure modification -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Epidemiology.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA651 / .G47 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 614.4