Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Combining the Basics - Softcover

Merrill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449667538 ISBN 13: 9781449667535

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett, 2012

Synopsis

This book will familiarize students with basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Designed for use in a single course, it will clarify the distinction and complementary roles of epidemiology and biostatistics in a range of settings, and train students on the complementary roles epidemiology and biostatistics play in carrying out selected activities in the health professions. After completing this book, the student should be able to: * Describe epidemiological methods and study designs * Select appropriate methodologies for epidemiological investigation * Use the epidemiological process to address health care problems * Evaluate environmental epidemiology and population surveillance * Describe epidemiological measures of health * Distinguish the roles and relationships between epidemiology and statistics * Combine appropriate epidemiological concepts and statistical measures * Calculate probabilities and conditional probabilities of health-related events

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About the Author

Ray M. Merrill, Ph.D., M.P.H. has been actively involved in epidemiology and biostatistics'since his professional career began in 1995. As a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, he worked with leading researchers in the area of cancer epidemiology. In 1998 he joined the faculty in the Department of Health Science at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he continued his research in epidemiology. Since 1999 he has also held an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah. In 2001, he spent a sabbatical working in the Unit of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention at the International Agency for Research on Cancer Administration, Lyon, France. He has won various awards for his research in cancer epidemiology.Dr. Merrill'currently teaches introductory and advanced level classes in epidemiology and biostatistics. He has over 100 professional publications in epidemiology and public health journals. He is currently a full professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Brigham Young University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449667538
• ISBN 13: 9781449667535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424