TY - GEN AU - Gordis, Leon AU - Celentano, David AU - Farag,Youssef M.K. AU - Szklo, Moyses TI - Gordis Epidemiology SN - 9780323552295 U1 - WA105 PY - 2024/// CY - Philadelphia, PA : PB - Elsevier KW - Epidemiology N1 - 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 ER -