A Study Guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics

by Morton, Richard F.

• ISBN13: 9780834217584
• ISBN10: 0834217589
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

Comprehensive guide to basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Concise study notes and exercises are included. Emphasis is on application. This edition includes a revised chapter on the appraisal of epidemiological studies, a new section on meta-analysis, and more. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover. DNLM: Epidemiology.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
How To Use This Book	xi
To the Student	xi
To the Instructor	xi
Goals and Objectives	xiii
Goals	xiii
Objectives	xiii
Investigation of an Epidemic	1	(16)
Objectives Covered	1	(1)
Study Notes	1	(5)
Exercises: An Outbreak of Jaundice in a Rural Community	6	(11)
Measures of Mortality	17	(8)
Objectives Covered	17	(1)
Study Notes	17	(4)
Exercises	21	(4)
Incidence and Prevalence	25	(4)
Objectives Covered	25	(1)
Study Notes	25	(3)
Exercises	28	(1)
Measures of Risk	29	(14)
Objectives Covered	29	(1)
Study Notes	29	(3)
Exercises	32	(11)
Self-Assessment 1	35	(8)
Biological Variability	43	(8)
Objectives Covered	43	(1)
Study Notes	43	(4)
Exercise	47	(4)
Probability	51	(6)
Objectives Covered	51	(1)
Study Notes	51	(2)
Exercises	53	(4)
Screening	57	(8)
Objectives Covered	57	(1)
Study Notes	57	(5)
Exercises	62	(3)
Sampling	65	(6)
Objectives Covered	65	(1)
Study Notes	65	(2)
Exercises	67	(4)
Statistical Significance	71	(8)
Objectives Covered	71	(1)
Study Notes	71	(3)
Exercises	74	(5)
Correlation	79	(8)
Objectives Covered	79	(1)
Study Notes	79	(4)
Exercises	83	(4)
Multiple Regression	87	(14)
Objectives Covered	87	(1)
Study Notes	87	(4)
Exercises	91	(10)
Self-Assessment 2	93	(8)
Case-Control (Retrospective) Studies	101	(10)
Objectives Covered	101	(1)
Study Notes	101	(7)
Exercises	108	(3)
Cohort (Prospective) Studies	111	(10)
Objectives Covered	111	(1)
Study Notes	111	(6)
Exercises	117	(4)
Randomized Clinical Trials	121	(8)
Objectives Covered	121	(1)
Study Notes	121	(3)
Exercises	124	(5)
Survival Analysis	129	(8)
Objectives Covered	129	(1)
Study Notes	129	(5)
Exercises	134	(3)
Association and Causation	137	(8)
Objectives Covered	137	(1)
Study Notes	137	(4)
Exercises	141	(4)
Keys to Understanding Articles on Epidemiologic Studies	145	(20)
Objectives Covered	145	(1)
Study Notes	145	(9)
Exercises	154	(11)
Self-Assessment 3	157	(8)
Exercise Answers	165	(18)
Self-Assessment Final	183	(15)
Answers to Self-Assessments	198	(1)
Glossary	199	(3)
Index	202