
Publisher's Note Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality authenticity or access to any online entitlements included with the product The thoroughly revised & updated Third Edition of the acclaimed Modern Epidemiology reflects both the conceptual development of this evolving science & the increasingly focal role that epidemiology plays in dealing with public health & medical problems Coauthored by three leading epidemiologists with contributions from sixteen experts in a variety of epidemiologic sub-disciplines this new edition is by far the most comprehensive & cohesive text on the principles & methods of epidemiologic research The book covers a broad range of concepts & methods including epidemiologic measures of occurrence & effect study designs validity precision statistical interference & causal diagrams Topics in data analysis range from Bayesian analysis sensitivity analysis & bias analysis with an extensive overview of modern regression methods including logistic & survival regression splines hierarchical (multilevel) regression propsensity scores & other scoring methods & g-estimation Special-topics chapters cover disease surveillance ecologic studies social epidemiology infectious disease epidemiology genetic & molecular epidemiology nutritional epidemiology environmental epidemiology reproductive epidemiology clinical epidemiology & meta-analysis FEATURESComprehensive & cohesive text on the principles & methods of contemporary epidemiologic research Addresses the methodologic issues crucial to the wide range of epidemiologic applications in public health & medicine Major sections cover basic concepts study design & conduct data analysis & special topics Completely revised & updated to bring you the most updated information New chapters cover causal modeling Bayesian analysis probabilistic bias analysis social epidemiology & use of secondary data
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