Modern Epidemiology (Paperback)

The thoroughly revised and updated Third Edition of the acclaimed Modern Epidemiology reflects both the conceptual development of this evolving science and the increasingly focal role that epidemiology plays in dealing with public health and medical problems. Coauthored by three leading epidemiologists, with sixteen additional contributors, this Third Edition is the most comprehensive and cohesive text on the principles and methods of epidemiologic research. The book covers a broad range of concepts and methods, such as basic measures of disease frequency and associations, study design,field methods, threats to validity, and assessing precision. It also covers advanced topics in data analysis such as Bayesian analysis, bias analysis, and hierarchical regression. Chapters examine specific areas of research such as disease surveillance, ecologic studies, social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, genetic and molecular epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.

Table of Contents
Introduction
* Modern Epidemiology

Basic concepts
* Causation and Causal Inference
* Measures of Occurrence
* Measures of Effect and Measures of Association
* Concepts of Interaction
< ,b>Study design and conduct
* Types of Epidemiologic Studies
* Cohort Studies
* Case-control Studies
* Validity in Epidemiologic Studies
* Precision and Statistics in Epidemiologic Studies
* Design Strategies to Improve Study Accuracy
* Causal Diagrams

Data analysis
* Fundamentals of Epidemiologic Data Analysis
* Introduction to Categorical Statistics
* Introduction to Stratified Analysis
* Applications of Stratified Analysis Methods
* Analysis of Polytomous Exposures and Outcomes
* Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
* Bias Analysis
* Introduction to Regression Models
* Introduction to Regression Modeling

Special topics
* Surveillance
* Using Secondary Data
* Field Methods in Epidemiology
* Ecologic Studies
* Social Epidemiology
* Infectious Disease Epidemiology
* Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
* Nutritional Epidemiology
* Environmental Epidemiology
* Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology
* Clinical Epidemiology
* Meta-analysis