Introduction to Epidemiology

Dedication
Table of Contents
About the Author
Preface
New to the Seventh Edition
Introduction
Chapter1 Foundations of Epidemiology
Chapter2 Historic Developments in Epidemiology
Chapter3 Practical Disease Concepts in Epidemiology
Chapter4 Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Descriptive Epidemiology
Chapter5 Descriptive Epidemiology According to Person, Place, and Time
Chapter6 General Health and Population Indicators
Chapter7 Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Analytic Epidemiology
Chapter8 Experimental Studies in Epidemiology
Chapter9 Causality
Chapter10 Field Epidemiology
Chapter11 Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Chapter12 Clinical Epidemiology
AppendixI Case Studies
AppendixII Selected Statistical Techniques for Measuring Association between Two Variables According to Variable Type
AppendixIII Common Study Designs with Selected Measures of Association and Test Statistics
AppendixIV Summary of Confidence Intervals for Evaluating Selected Hypotheses
AppendixV Classification and Specialty Journals in Epidemiology
AppendixVI Epidemiologic Associations and Societies
AppendixVII Selected Answers to Chapter Questions