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9781853155840

The Epidemiological Approach An Introduction to Epidemiology in Medicine

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  • ISBN13:

    9781853155840

  • ISBN10:

    1853155845

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-01-27
  • Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
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Summary

This book is intended as an introduction to epidemiology for medical students, as well as a refresher textbook for doctors and other healthcare professionals at any stage of their careers. This brief simple text offers an insight into Epidemiology and an awareness of its scope and utility, andserves as a useful introduction to the subject. In its previous three editions, the book has proved popular with students at Bart's and the Royal London Hospitals in London, UK. Now published for the first time by RSM Press, this fourth edition is available to all students in the UK and overseas. Itcontains a new section on cancer screening, provides updated information on AIDS in the UK, and revises some of the text on observational studies. Special reference is made to the expected epidemic of mesothelioma, showing how epidemiology can predict future disease trends. The glossary has alsobeen revised.

Author Biography

Nicholas Wald is Director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
List of tables and figures
ix
Introduction
1(2)
A cause of a disease
3(6)
Epidemiological enquiry
9(20)
Epidemiological studies
9(11)
Intervention studies
20(4)
Ethical issues
24(1)
Confidence intervals and p-values
25(4)
Prevention
29(12)
Primary prevention
29(1)
Screening
30(11)
Patterns of births, mortality and morbidity
41(26)
Population of England and Wales
41(1)
Birth rate and induced abortion rate
41(1)
Perinatal and infant mortality
41(2)
Mortality
43(8)
Differences in mortality between the sexes
51(2)
Elderly people
53(1)
Social and ethnic groups
54(2)
Regional variation in mortality
56(1)
Morbidity
56(5)
The developing world
61(6)
Glossary 67(4)
List of abbreviations 71(1)
Appendix I: Selected sources of statistics 72(3)
Appendix II: Death certificates 75(5)
Appendix III: Conceptual similarity between statistical significance testing and screening 80(2)
References and further reading 82(3)
Index 85

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