Epidemiology, biostatistics, and preventive medicine /

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Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007.
Description:xii, 421 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6643150
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Other uniform titles:Jekel, James F.
Jekel, James F. Epidemiology, biostatistics, and preventive medicine.
ISBN:9781416034964
141603496X
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Epidemiology, biostatistics, and preventive medicine / James F. Jekel, David L. Katz, Joann G. Elmore. 2nd ed. c2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiology
  • Basic Epidemiologic Concepts and Principles
  • Epidemiologic Data Sources and Measurements
  • Epidemiologic Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
  • The Study of Causation in Epidemiologic Investigation and Research
  • Common Research Designs Used in Epidemiology
  • Assessment of Risk and Benefit in Epidemiologic Studies
  • Understanding Errors in Clinical Medicine
  • Improving Decisions in Clinical Medicine
  • Biostatistics
  • Describing Variation in Data
  • Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
  • Bivariate Analysis
  • Sample Size, Randomization, and Probability Theory
  • Multivariable Analysis
  • Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  • Introduction to Preventive Medicine
  • Methods of Primary Prevention: Health Promotion
  • Methods of Primary Prevention: Specific Protection
  • Methods of Secondary Prevention
  • Methods of Tertiary Prevention
  • The Public Health System: Structure and Function
  • Medical Care Organization, Policy, and Financing
  • Comprehensive Examination
  • Epidemiologic and Medical Glossary
  • Appendix