Modern epidemiology

• Main Authors: Rothman, Kenneth J. (Author), Greenland, Sander 1951- (Author), Lash, Timothy L. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2008
• Edition: THIRD REVISED EDITION
• Subjects: Epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods
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• Item Description: 2nd ed. edited by Kenneth J. Rothman and Sander Greenland
• Physical Description: x, 758 pages illustrations, maps 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 683-732) and index
• ISBN: 9780781755641; 0781755646

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