dc.contributor.author |
Celentano, David D. (author) |
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dc.contributor.author |
Szklo, M. (Moyses) -- author |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gordis, Leon (author) |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2024-12-18T07:07:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-12-18T07:07:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2019] |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
9780323552295 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
0323552293 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://10.250.8.41:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/48326 |
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dc.description |
xi, 420 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm || Includes bibliographical references and index. || CONTENTS: The dynamics of disease transmission -- The occurrence of disease: I. Disease surveillance and measures of morbidity -- The occurrence of disease:II. Morality and other measures of disease impact -- Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests -- The natural history of disease: ways of expressing prognosis -- Observational studies -- Cohort studies -- Comparing cohort and case-control studies -- Assessing preventive and therapeutic measures: randomized trials -- Randomized trials: some further issues -- Estimating risk: is there an association? -- More on risk: estimating the potential for prevention -- From association to causation: deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies -- More on causal inference: bias, confounding, and interaction -- Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation -- Using epidemiology to evaluate health services -- Epidemiologic approach to evaluating screening programs -- Epidemiology and public policy -- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology. |
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dc.description.abstract |
This bestselling text provides a solid introduction to basic epidemiologic principles as well as practical application in public health and clinical practice, highlighted by real-world examples throughout. New coverage includes expanded information on genetic epidemiology, epidemiology and public policy, and ethical and professional issues in epidemiology, providing a strong basis for understanding the role and importance of epidemiology in today's data-driven society. -- From publisher's description. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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dc.subject |
MBBS Text Books |
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dc.subject |
Community Medicine (COMM 401) |
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dc.subject |
COMM 401 |
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dc.subject |
Epidemiology. |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Epidemiologic Methods. |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Health and Fitness. |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Epidemiology -- Textbooks. |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Health and Wellbeing |
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dc.title |
Gordis epidemiology (6th edition - 2019) |
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dc.title.alternative |
Epidemiology |
en_US |
dc.type |
Book |
en_US |