Handbook of EpidemiologyWolfgang Ahrens, Iris Pigeot When I was learning epidemiology nearly 50 years ago, there was barely one suitable textbook and a handful of specialized monographs to guide me. Information and ideas in journals were pretty sparse too. That all began to change about 25 years ago and soon we had a plethora of books to consider when deciding on something to recommend to students at every level from beginners to advanced postgraduates. This one is different from all the others. There has never been a single source of detailed descriptive accounts and informed discussions of all the essential aspects of practical epidemiology, written by experts and intended as a desk reference for mature epidemiologists who are in practice, probably already specializing in a particular ?eld, but in need of current information and ideas about every aspect of the state of the art and science. Without a work like this, it is dif?cult to stay abreast of the times. A comprehensive current overview like this where each chapter is written by acknowledged experts chosen from a rich international pool of talent and expertise makes the task considerably easier. |
Contents
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Conclusions | 85 |
Rates Risks Measures | 91 |
Geert Molenberghs Caroline Beunckens Ivy Jansen Herbert Thijs | 766 |
Maria Blettner Peter Schlattmann | 829 |
John F Bithell 859 | 858 |
References | 888 |
Tarani Chandola Michael Marmot | 893 |
404 | 912 |
Franco Merletti Dario Mirabelli Lorenzo Richiardi | 917 |
Length | 935 |
Jacques Benichou Mari Palta | 92 |
Interpretation | 97 |
Estimation from Populationbased or Nested CaseControl Studies | 104 |
5 | 123 |
72 | 130 |
6 | 143 |
73 | 148 |
77 | 154 |
Descriptive Studies | 158 |
Study Designs in Descriptive Epidemiology | 173 |
5 | 184 |
Maxwell Parkin Freddie Bray 157 | 186 |
Combinations | 194 |
6 | 213 |
Conclusions | 219 |
Måns Rosén Timo Hakulinen | 231 |
Cohort Studies | 254 |
78 | 262 |
Internal Versus External | 270 |
80 | 273 |
5 | 278 |
Norman E Breslow 287 | 288 |
Timedependent Rates and Exposures | 294 |
5 | 308 |
Conclusions | 312 |
Philip H Kass Ellen B Gold | 321 |
Silvia Franceschi Martyn Plummer | 345 |
81 | 366 |
Neil Pearce Sander Greenland | 372 |
Basic Concepts | 383 |
5 | 391 |
Epidemiological Field Work | 401 |
Arlène Fink 399 | 402 |
Branching Questions or Skip Patterns 10 4 WhatDoesItTaketoEnsureProperAdministration | 407 |
Questions to Ask About a Published Instruments Validity | 415 |
Sylvaine Cordier Patricia A Stewart | 437 |
84 | 460 |
Pascal Wild | 463 |
References | 499 |
85 | 500 |
Preetha Rajaraman Jonathan M Samet | 503 |
Elashoff Stanley Lemeshow 559 | 558 |
in Epidemiological Studies | 595 |
Sander Greenland | 625 |
Sasieni | 693 |
Jeffrey S Buzas Leonard A Stefanski Tor D Tosteson | 729 |
Lothar Kreienbrock 951 | 950 |
Conclusions | 988 |
Dorothy Mackerras Barrie M Margetts | 999 |
References | 1038 |
Jørn Olsen Olga Basso | 1043 |
376 | 1107 |
Paolo Vineis Giuseppe Matullo Marianne Berwick | 1111 |
58 | 1135 |
Heike Bickeböller | 1139 |
407 | 1167 |
Holger J Schünemann Gordon H Guyatt 1169 | 1168 |
59 | 1219 |
Edeltraut Garbe Samy Suissa | 1225 |
61 | 1228 |
Anthony B Miller | 1267 |
63 | 1300 |
John W Farquhar Stephen P Fortmann | 1306 |
Interviews | 1356 |
References | 1360 |
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Cardiovascular Diseases | 1364 |
65 | 1375 |
146 | 1397 |
66 | 1403 |
Paolo Boffetta IV 4 Musculoskeletal Disorders | 1405 |
67 | 1412 |
377 | 1436 |
Hilkka Riihimäki | 1443 |
Health Services Research | 1475 |
Thomas Schäfer Christian A Gericke Reinhard Busse | 1476 |
4 | 1495 |
Evaluating Effects of Organisational Characteristics and Change | 1507 |
Examples for Performance Assessment | 1515 |
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Ethical Aspects | 1592 |
Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics | 1598 |
4 | 1606 |
378 | 1612 |
List of Contributors | 1613 |
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