Medical Epidemiology-- A concise, readable presentation of the principles and methods of epidemiology for health professional students, including those studying medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine-- Text complements the study of biostatistics and includes patient profiles and exam-caliber questions-- New to this edition: updates to tables, text and illustrations, plus a section on applying statistical principles of quality control to a physician's practice. |
Contents
Introduction to Epidemiology | 1 |
Epidemiologic Measures | 15 |
Summary | 24 |
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abnormal age-adjusted alcoholic hepatitis Alzheimer's disease Apgar scores assess association biological blood breast cancer calculated case-control study cholangitis clinical trial cohort study confidence interval considered controls death decision analysis detected determine developing breast cancer diabetes mellitus diagnostic test diet dietary fat intake disease of interest effect eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome epidemiology error evaluation example exposed exposure Figure FNA result FNA test genetic incidence rate individual infection insulin investigation L-tryptophan likelihood liver biopsy lung cancer markers measure meta-analysis mortality rates myocardial infarction negative test result observed occur outcome particular disease pathogen Patient Profile person-years persons physician positive test result present pretest prevalence probability question randomized rate ratio relationship retinopathy risk factor risk of developing risk ratio sample selection bias sensitivity source population specific statistical subjects surgery surveillance survival syndrome Table therapy tion treatment tuberculosis unexposed variable women