Epidemiology Matters: A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations

di Katherine M. Keyes (Autore)

Sandro Galea (Autore)

Oxford University Press Inc, 2014

Epidemiology Matters offers a new approach to understanding and identifying the causes of disease -- and with it, how to prevent disease and improve human health. Utilizing visual explanations and examples, this text provides an accessible, step-by-step introduction to the fundamentals of epidemiologic study, from design to analysis. Across fourteen chapters, Epidemiology Matters teaches the individual competencies that underlie the conduct of an epidemiologic study: identifying populations; measuring exposures and health indicators; taking a sample; estimating associations between exposures and health indicators; assessing evidence for causes working together; assessing internal and external validity of results. With its consequentialist approach -- designing epidemiologic studies that aim to inform our understanding, and therefore improve public health -- Epidemiology Matters is an introductory text for the next generation of students in medicine and public health.

• Autore: Katherine M. Keyes, Sandro Galea
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Anno: 2014
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 155 x 231 mm
• Peso: 358 gr.
• EAN: 9780199331246

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