Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health [Kindle Edition]
Author: Ann Aschengrau | Language: English | ISBN: B00HLK48Q4 | Format: PDF, EPUB
Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health
You can download Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health from with Mediafire Link Download Link Successfully tested in the authors' courses at Boston University and Harvard University, this text combines theory and practice in presenting traditional and new epidemiologic concepts. Broad in scope, the text opens with five chapters covering the basic epidemiologic concepts and data sources. A major emphasis is placed on study design, with separate chapters devoted to each of the three main analytic designs: experimental, cohort, and case-control studies.
Full chapters on bias, confounding, and random error, including the role of statistics in epidemiology, ensure that students are well-equipped with the necessary information to interpret the results of epidemiologic studies. An entire chapter is also devoted to the concept of effect measure modification, an often-neglected topic in introductory textbooks. Up-to-date examples from the epidemiologic literature on diseases of public health importance are provided throughout the book.
The Third Edition is a thorough update that offers:
• New examples, the latest references, and public health statistics.
• Nearly 50 new review questions.
• Updated discussion of certain epidemiologic methods.
• New figures depicting epidemiologic concepts. Books with free ebook downloads available Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health [Kindle Edition]
You can download Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health from with Mediafire Link Download Link Successfully tested in the authors' courses at Boston University and Harvard University, this text combines theory and practice in presenting traditional and new epidemiologic concepts. Broad in scope, the text opens with five chapters covering the basic epidemiologic concepts and data sources. A major emphasis is placed on study design, with separate chapters devoted to each of the three main analytic designs: experimental, cohort, and case-control studies.
Full chapters on bias, confounding, and random error, including the role of statistics in epidemiology, ensure that students are well-equipped with the necessary information to interpret the results of epidemiologic studies. An entire chapter is also devoted to the concept of effect measure modification, an often-neglected topic in introductory textbooks. Up-to-date examples from the epidemiologic literature on diseases of public health importance are provided throughout the book.
The Third Edition is a thorough update that offers:
• New examples, the latest references, and public health statistics.
• Nearly 50 new review questions.
• Updated discussion of certain epidemiologic methods.
• New figures depicting epidemiologic concepts. Books with free ebook downloads available Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 5086 KB
- Print Length: 535 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1284028917
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 3 edition (June 3, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HLK48Q4
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,668 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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The book is written well. The author's did a good job of explaining epidemiology concepts and methods for "epi beginners".By Brittany Garr
The book is execellent - easy to read and understand. Review questions at the end of each chapter test one's comprehension of the material.By MDP
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