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Epidemiology for the uninitiated / D. Coggon, Geoffrey Rose, D.J.P. Barker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [London] : BMJ, 2003.Edition: 5th edDescription: v, 73 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780727916044 (pbk.) :
  • 0727916041 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.4 COG
  • 614.4 21
LOC classification:
  • RA651
Contents:
1. What is epidemiology?--2. Quantifiying disease in populations--3. Comparing disease rates--4. Measurement error and bias--5. Planning and conducting a survey--6. Ecological studies--7. Longitudinal studies --8. Case-control and cross sectional studies--9. Experimental studies--10. Screening--11. Outbreaks of disease--12. Reading epidemiolgical reports--Further reading.
Summary: This is an ideal introduction to epidemiology in health care. The text has been revised throughout, with new examples introduced to bring the book up-to-date.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 614.4 COG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215846
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 614.4 COG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215845
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 614.4 COG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215844

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 69) and index.

1. What is epidemiology?--2. Quantifiying disease in populations--3. Comparing disease rates--4. Measurement error and bias--5. Planning and conducting a survey--6. Ecological studies--7. Longitudinal studies --8. Case-control and cross sectional studies--9. Experimental studies--10. Screening--11. Outbreaks of disease--12. Reading epidemiolgical reports--Further reading.

This is an ideal introduction to epidemiology in health care. The text has been revised throughout, with new examples introduced to bring the book up-to-date.

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