Epidemiology: An introduction

Abstract

1. Introduction to Epidemiologic Thinking 2. Pioneers in Epidemiology and Public Health 3. What is Causation? 4. Measuring Disease Occurrence and Causal Effects 5. Types of Epidemiologic Studies 6. Infectious Disease Epidemiology 7. Dealing with Biases 8. Random Error and the Role of Statistics 9. Analyzing Simple Epidemiologic Data 10. Controlling Confounding by Stratifying Data 11. Measuring Interactions 12. Using Regression Models in Epidemiologic Analysis 13. Epidemiology in Clinical Settings Appendix Index