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ผู้แต่ง |
Gordis, Leon, 1934- | ชื่อเรื่อง |
Epidemiology / Leon Gordis | ISBN |
978-141-60-4002-6
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141-604-002-1
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Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, ©2009 | เลขเรียก |
EP15 Go66E | ครั้งที่พิมพ์ |
4th ed | ลักษณะทางกายภาพ |
xv, 375 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps(chiefly color) ; 26 cm | หมายเหตุ |
Contents: Introduction -- The dynamics of disease transmission --Measuring the occurrence of disease: I. Morbidity --Measuring the occurrence of disease: II. Mortality --Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic andscreening tests -- The natural history of disease: ways ofexpressing prognosis -- Assessing the efficacy ofpreventive and therapeutic measures: randomized trials --Randomized trials: some further issues -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies and other study designs --Estimating risk: is there an association? -- More on risk:estimating the potential for prevention -- A pause forreview: comparing cohort and case-control studies -- Fromassociation to causation: deriving inferences fromepidemiologic studies -- More on causal inferences: bias,confounding, and interaction -- Identifying the roles ofgenetic and environmental factors in disease causation --Using epidemiology to evaluate health services -- Theepidemiologic approach to evaluating screening programs --Epidemiology and public policy -- Ethical and professionalissues in epidemiology | หมายเหตุ |
Summary: This book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr.Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health atJohns Hopkins University. He introduces the basicprinciples and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concisewriting and his inimitable style. This book provides anunderstanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fullyupdated sections: Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach toDisease and Intervention; Section II: Using Epidemiologyto Identify the Causes of Disease; Section III: ApplyingEpidemiology to Evaluation and Policy. Clear, practicalgraphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions withanswers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension | หัวเรื่อง |
Epidemiology |
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