Gordis Epidemiology
- 7th ed.
- Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, 2024
- 432 p. ; 23 cm.
Content:
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.