Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health, 4th Edition
by David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, Dorothea Wild, MD, MPH, Dr. Med and Sean C Lucan, MD, MPH, MS
Paperback
ISBN:
9781455706587
Copyright:
2014
Publication Date:
02-11-2013
Page Count:
420
Imprint:
Saunders
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$59.95
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
Basic Epidemiologic Concepts and Principles
Epidemiologic Data Sources and Measurements
Epidemiologic Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
The Study of Causation in Epidemiologic Investigation and Research
Common Research Designs Used in Epidemiology
Assessment of Risk and Benefit in Epidemiologic Studies
Understanding Errors in Clinical Medicine
Improving Decisions in Clinical Medicine
BIOSTATISTICS
Describing Variation in Data
Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
Bivariate Analysis
Sample Size, Randomization, and Probability Theory
Multivariable Analysis
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduction to Preventive Medicine
Methods of Primary Prevention: Health Promotion
Methods of Primary Prevention: Specific Protection
Methods of Secondary Prevention
Methods of Tertiary Prevention
The Public Health System: Structure and Function
Medical Care Organization, Policy, and Financing
Comprehensive Examination
Epidemiologic and Medical Glossary
APPENDIX
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David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Director, Yale-Griffin Preventive Research Center, Derby, CT, Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Dorothea Wild, MD, MPH, Dr. Med, Associate Director, Combined Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT and Sean C Lucan, MD, MPH, MS, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York