Handbook of Epidemiology

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Wolfgang Ahrens, Iris Pigeot
Springer Science & Business Media, Jul 26, 2007 - Medical - 2300 pages
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

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
Susanne StraifBourgeois Raoult Ratard IV 2 Cardiovascular Diseases 1327
1363
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
68
1531
Klaus Krickeberg Anita Kar Asit Kumar Chakraborty 1545
1591
Ethical Aspects
1592
Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics
1598
4
1606
378
1612
List of Contributors
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1511
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412
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Wolfgang Ahrens is Head of the Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research division at the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.

Iris Pigeot is Director of the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.

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