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100 1 _aBhopal, Raj S.,
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245 1 0 _aConcepts of epidemiology :
_bintegrating the ideas, theories, principles, and methods of epidemiology /
_cRaj Bhopal
250 _aThird edition
264 1 _aOxford, United Kingdom
_bOxford University Press
_c2016
300 _axxxv, 441 pages :
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336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 _aWhat is epidemiology? The nature, scope, variables, principal measures, and designs of a biological, clinical, social and ecological science -- The epidemiological concept of population -- Variation in disease by time, place, and person: background and a framework for analysis of genetic and environmental effects -- Error, bias and confounding in epidemiology -- Cause and effect: the epidemiological approach -- Interrelated concepts in the epidemiology of disease: natural history and incubation period, time trends in populations, spectrum, iceberg, and screening -- The concept of risk and fundamental measures of disease frequency: incidence and prevalence -- Summarizing, presenting and interpreting epidemiological data: building on incidence and prevalence -- Epidemiological study designs and principles of data analysis: a conceptually integrated suite of methods and techniques -- Epidemiology in the past, present and the future: theory, ethics, context, and critical appraisal
520 _aEpidemiology is a population science that underpins health improvement and health care, by exploring and establishing the pattern, frequency, trends, and causes of a disease. Concepts of Epidemiology comprehensively describes the application of core epidemiological concepts and principles to readers interested in population health research, policy making, health service planning, health promotion, and clinical care
650 0 _aEpidemiology
650 7 _aEpidemiology.
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650 7 _aEpidemiologie.
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650 1 2 _aEpidemiology
650 2 2 _aEpidemiologic Methods
650 7 _aHealth and Wellbeing.
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