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Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention
Introdcution
The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
The Occurence of Disease: I.Disease Surveillance and Measures of Morbidity
The Occurrence of Disease:II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact
Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis
Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease
Observational Studies
Cohort Studies
Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Interventions: Randomized Trials
Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues
Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?
More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention
From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences From Epidemiologic Studies
More on Casual Inference: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction
Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy
Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
Epidemiology and Public Policy
Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
Answers
Index.