Author: B. Burt Gerstman
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
Keywords: epidemiology, second, modern, introduction, simple, classic
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2003-09-04
List price: $94.95
ISBN-10: 0471400289
ISBN-13: 9780471400288

Arranged to facilitate use and highlight key concepts, this clear and concise text also includes many practical exercises, case studies, and real-world applications. Utilizing the modern biostatistical approach to studying disease, Epidemiology Kept Simple, Second Edition will provide readers with the tools to interpret epidemiological data, understand disease concepts, and prepare for board exams. The author fully explains all new terminology and minimizes the use of technical language, while emphasizing real-life practice in modern public health and biomedical research settings.

Author: Noel S. Weiss M.D.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: epidemiology, monographs, biostatistics, illness, outcome, study, clinical
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 019530523X
ISBN-13: 9780195305234

Examining the principles and methods of research on the evaluation of factors affecting the outcome of illness, this book emphasizes diagnostic and therapeutic interventions--the factors most readily modified by health care providers. The author discusses various ways of structuring observations on patient groups, and appraises the nature and strength of inferences drawn from those observations. He also demonstrates how the results of this type of research--clinical epidemiologic research--can be incorporated into the decision-making process utilized in clinical medicine.This book contains a c

Authors:J. Michael Oakes, Jay S. Kaufman,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: epidemiology, biostatistics, health, public, methods, social
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2006-05-19
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0787979899
ISBN-13: 9780787979898

Social epidemiology is the study of how social interactions—social norms, laws, institutions, conventia, social conditions and behavior—affect the health of populations. This practical, comprehensive introduction to methods in social epidemiology is written by experts in the field. It is perfectly timed for the growth in interest among those in public health, community health, preventive medicine, sociology, political science, social work, and other areas of social research. Topics covered are: Introduction: Advancing Methods in Social Epidemiology The History of Met

Authors:Ron Brookmeyer, Mitchell H. Gail,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: epidemiology, biostatistics, monographs, quantitative, aids, approach
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 1994-01-06
List price: $69.99
ISBN-10: 0195076419
ISBN-13: 9780195076417

AIDS has appeared in more than 130 countries, and over 100,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the U.S. alone. More and more, the public will be depending on statisticians to provide answers about the future course of this epidemic. This comprehensive work confronts the problems that are unique to AIDS research and unites them under a single conceptual framework. It focuses on methods for the design and analysis of epidemiologic studies, the natural history of AIDS and the transmission of HIV, methods for tracking and projecting the course of the epidemic, and statistical issues in therap

Authors:Harold A. Kahn, Christopher T. Sempos,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: epidemiology, biostatistics, amp, monographs, statistical, methods
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1989-08-03
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0195050495
ISBN-13: 9780195050493

This book is an expanded version of the Kahn’s widely used text, An Introduction to Epidemiologic Methods (Oxford, 1983). It provides clear insight into the basic statistical tools used in epidemiology and is written so that those without advanced statistical training can comprehend the ideas underlying the analytical techniques. The authors emphasize the extent to which similar results are obtained from different methods, both simple and complex. To this edition they have added a new chapter on "Comparison of Numerical Results for Various Methods of Adjustment" and also one on "The Pr

Authors:Harvey Checkoway, Neil Pearce, Douglas J. Crawford-B
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: epidemiology, monographs, biostatistics, occupational, methods, research
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1989-05-25
List price: $69.99
ISBN-10: 0195052242
ISBN-13: 9780195052244

Occupational epidemiology has emerged as a distinct subdiscipline of epidemiology and occupational medicine, addressing fundamental public health and scientific questions relating to the specification of exposure-response relationships, assessment of the adequacy of occupational exposure guidelines, and extrapolation of hazardous effects to other settings. This book reviews the wide range of principles and methods used in epidemiologic studies of working populations. It describes the historical development of occupational epidemiology, the approaches to characterizing workplace exposures, and

Authors:Harvey Checkoway, Neil Pearce, David Kriebel,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: epidemiology, monographs, biostatistics, occupational, methods, research
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2004-01-22
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 0195092422
ISBN-13: 9780195092424

This widely used text provides a clear and critical summary of research approaches to the epidemiological study of workplace hazards. It describes the historical development of occupational epidemiology, methods for characterizing occupational exposures, and techniques for designing and implementing epidemiologic studies in this area. The relative strengths and limitations of various study designs for investigating specific health outcomes are emphasized. Also included are more advanced discussions of statistical analysis, exposure and dose modeling, and subsequent applications of data deriv