Methods in Observational Epidemiology

This is the second edition of the first book to provide a complete pictureof the design, conduct and analysis of observational studies, the most commontype of epidemiologic study. Stressing sample size estimation, sampling, andmeasurement error, the authors cover the full scope of observational studies,describing cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, andepidemic investigation. The use of statistical procedures is described ineasy-to-understand terms.