Epidemiology Kept Simple: An Introduction to Traditional and Modern Epidemiology - Softcover

Gerstman, B. Burt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471400289 ISBN 13: 9780471400288

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

Arranged to facilitate use and highlight key concepts, this clear and concise text also includes many practical exercises, case studies, and real-world applications. Utilizing the modern biostatistical approach to studying disease, Epidemiology Kept Simple, Second Edition will provide readers with the tools to interpret epidemiological data, understand disease concepts, and prepare for board exams. The author fully explains all new terminology and minimizes the use of technical language, while emphasizing real-life practice in modern public health and biomedical research settings.

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Review

"...remains a key textbook for introducing the subject to students and self-learners with little previous exposure to epidemiology or health-related research." (Clinical Chemistry, November 2004) "This is a fun book to read and provides a 'light version' of a specialty that often becomes 'heavy' and over burdensome...a wonderful beginning text and information source...Nicely done!" (Veterinary and Human Toxicology, Vol. 46, No. 2, April 2004)

From the Back Cover

As epidemiology expands into new areas of medicine and scientific research, professionals without specific epidemiologic training and undergraduate students in a variety of health-related fields are increasingly called upon to study and assess epid emiological information.

Epidemiology Kept Simple: An Introduction to Classic and Modern Epidemiology, Second Edition revises and updates the first accessible treatment of the subject for non-epidemiologists. Using traditional and modern epidemiologic approaches, it gives the reader simple yet effective tools to interpret epidemiologic data, keep up with current literature, and prepare for qualifying exams with epidemiologic content. Clear and concise throughout, this book features a series of authoritative chapters arranged in a format that encourages comprehension of key concepts. Topics covered include:

• The historical development of epidemiologic ideas
• Causal concepts
• Identification and classification of disease
• Measures of disease frequency (incidence and prevalence)
• Stratification and adjustment
• Measures of association and potential impact
• Types of studies and epidemiologic study designs
• Sources of error in epidemiologic study designs
• Confidence intervals and p values
• Mantel-Haenszel methods of confounder adjustment
• Statistical interaction in epidemiologic studies
• Causal inference
• Survival analysis and current life tables
• Clusters and outbreaks

The Second Edition contains chapter summaries, illustrations, and extensive references for would-be epidemiologists or for those interested in specialized areas of epidemiology. It is an ideal introductory text for public health training programs as well as for students and professionals in medicine, health education, and the biologic sciences, and for all who would like to sharpen their epidemiologic skills.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471400289
• ISBN 13: 9780471400288
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 436