By: Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, Timothy L. Lash

Hardcover

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The thoroughly revised and updated Third Edition of the acclaimed Modern Epidemiology reflects both the conceptual development of this evolving science and the increasingly focal role that epidemiology plays in dealing with public health and medical problems. Coauthored by three leading epidemiologists, with sixteen additional contributors, this Third Edition is the most comprehensive and cohesive text on the principles and methods of epidemiologic research. The book covers a broad range of concepts and methods, such as basic measures of disease frequency and associations, study design, field methods, threats to validity, and assessing precision. It also covers advanced topics in data analysis such as Bayesian analysis, bias analysis, and hierarchical regression. Chapters examine specific areas of research such as disease surveillance, ecologic studies, social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, genetic and molecular epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Basic Concepts
Causation and Causal Inference	p. 5
Measures of Occurrence	p. 32
Measures of Effect and Measures of Association	p. 51
Concepts of Interaction	p. 71
Study Design and Conduct
Types of Epidemiologic Studies	p. 87
Cohort Studies	p. 100
Case-Control Studies	p. 111
Validity in Epidemiologic Studies	p. 128
Precision and Statistics in Epidemiologic Studies	p. 148
Design Strategies to Improve Study Accuracy	p. 168
Causal Diagrams	p. 183
Data Analysis
Fundamentals of Epidemiologic Data Analysis	p. 213
Introduction to Categorical Statistics	p. 238
Introduction to Stratified Analysis	p. 258
Applications of Stratified Analysis Methods	p. 283
Analysis of Polytomous Exposures and Outcomes	p. 303
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics	p. 328
Bias Analysis	p. 345
Introduction to Regression Models	p. 381
Introduction to Regression Modeling	p. 418
Special Topics
Surveillance	p. 459
Using Secondary Data	p. 481
Field Methods in Epidemiology	p. 492
Ecologic Studies	p. 511
Social Epidemiology	p. 532
Infectious Disease Epidemiology	p. 549
Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology	p. 564
Nutritional Epidemiology	p. 580
Environmental Epidemiology	p. 598
Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology	p. 620
Clinical Epidemiology	p. 641
Meta-Analysis	p. 652
References	p. 683
Index	p. 733
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ISBN: 9780781755641
ISBN-10: 0781755646
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 851
Published: 1st March 2008
Dimensions (cm): 26.9 x 18.5  x 2.9
Weight (kg): 1.244