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Epidemiology Matters : A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations
by Katherine M. Keyes and Sandro Galea
Overview
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.This item is Non-Returnable
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- ISBN-13: 9780199331246
- ISBN-10: 0199331243
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: July 2014
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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