cover image - Gordis Epidemiology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323877794
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 11-17-2023
Page Count: 431
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $43.99

Gordis Epidemiology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 7th Edition

by David D Celentano, ScD, MHS, Moyses Szklo, MD and Youssef Farag, MD, PhD, MPH

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cover image - Gordis Epidemiology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323877794
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 11-17-2023
Page Count: 431
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $43.99
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    • Covers the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in a clear, uniquely memorable way, using a wealth of full-color figures, graphs, charts, and cartoons to help you understand and retain key information.
    • Includes new examples and cases reflecting modern epidemiology, including lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and other current topics of interest.
    • Reflects how epidemiology is practiced today, with chapters progressing from observation and developing hypotheses to data collection and analyses.
    • Features end-of-chapter questions for quick self-assessment, and a glossary of genetic terminology.
    • Provides more than 200 additional multiple-choice self-assessment questions online.
    • Provides a strong basis for understanding the role and importance of epidemiology in today’s data-driven society.
  • SECTION I The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention
    1 Introduction
    2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
    3 The Occurrence of Disease: I. Disease Surveillance and Measures of Morbidity
    4 The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact
    5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
    6 The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis
    SECTION II Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease
    7 Observational Studies
    8 Cohort Studies
    9 Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
    10 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Interventions: Randomized Trials
    11 Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues
    12 Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?
    13 More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention
    14 From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences From Epidemiologic Studies
    15 More on Causal Inference: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction
    16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
    SECTION III Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy
    17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
    18 Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
    19 Epidemiology and Public Policy
    20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
    Answers
    Index
  • David D Celentano, ScD, MHS, Charles Armstrong Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, Moyses Szklo, MD, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland and Youssef Farag, MD, PhD, MPH, Faculty Director, Postgraduate Medical Education, Harvard Medical School Associate Faculty, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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