| Descript |
ix, 238 pages : illustrations (colour) |
| Edition |
Sixth edition / Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Sara T. Brookes, Matthew Hickman. |
| Note |
Previous edition: published as Epidemiology and public health medicine by Richard Farmer, Ross Lawrenson. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 2004. |
| Contents |
Preface, vi List of contributors, viii Part 1 Epidemiology 1 Epidemiology: defining disease and normality, 3 Sara T. Brookes and Yoav Ben-Shlomo 2 Measuring and summarising data, 11 Sara T. Brookes and Yoav Ben-Shlomo 3 Epidemiological concepts, 20 Sara T. Brookes and Yoav Ben-Shlomo 4 Statistical inference, confidence intervals and P-values, 26 Kate Tilling, Sara T. Brookes and Jonathan A.C. Sterne 5 Observational studies, 36 Mona Jeffreys and Yoav Ben-Shlomo 6 Genetic epidemiology, 46 David M. Evans and Ian N.M. Day 7 Investigating causes of disease, 55 Debbie A. Lawlor and John Macleod Self-assessment questions - Part 1: Epidemiology, 63 Part 2 Evidence-based Medicine 8 An overview of evidence-based medicine, 69 Yoav Ben-Shlomo andMatthew Hickman 9 Diagnosis, 74 Penny Whiting and Richard M.Martin 10 Prognosis, 84 Yoav Ben-Shlomo andMatthew Hickman 11 Effectiveness, 92 Sara T. Brookes and Jenny Donovan 12 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, 102 Penny Whiting and Jonathan Sterne 13 Health economics, 112 William Hollingworth and Sian Noble 14 Audit, research ethics and research governance, 120 Joanne Simon and Yoav Ben-Shlomo Self-assessment questions - Part 2: Evidence-based medicine, 128 Part 3 Public Health 15 Public health, 135 Matthew Hickman, Ruth Kipping and David Gunnell 16 Screening, 145 Angela E. Raffle 17 Infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance, 152 Caroline Trotter, Isabel Oliver and Matthew Hickman 18 Inequalities in health, 160 Bruna Galobardes,Mona Jeffreys, and George Davey Smith 19 Health improvement, 170 Bruce Bolam 20 Evaluating public health and complex interventions, 177 Yoav Ben-Shlomo and Rona Campbell 21 Health care targets, 184 Maya Gobin and Gabriel Scally 22 Global health, 191 Sanjay Kinra, David L. Heymann and Shah Ebrahim Self-assessment questions - Part 3: Public health, 202 Glossary of terms, 205 Self-assessment answers - Part 1: Epidemiology, 221 Self-assessment answers - Part 2: Evidencebased medicine, 224 Self-assessment answers - Part 3: Public health, 228 Index, 233 |
| Note |
400 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
| ISBN |
9781118463567 (e-book) |
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