Modern Epidemiology, 3/e

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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

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, and Timothy L. Lash

BASIC CONCEPTS

Causation and Causal Inference

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, Charles Poole, and Timothy L. Lash

Measures of Occurrence

Sander Greenland and Kenneth J. Rothman

Measures of Effect and Measures of Association

Sander Greenland, Kenneth J. Rothman, and Timothy L. Lash

Concepts of Interaction

Sander Greenland, Kenneth J. Rothman, and Timothy L. Lash

STUDY DESIGN AND CONDUCT

Types of Epidemiologic Studies

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, and Timothy L. Lash

Cohort Studies

Kenneth J. Rothman and Sander Greenland

Case-control Studies

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, and Timothy L. Lash

Validity in Epidemiologic Studies

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, and Timothy L. Lash

Precision and Statistics in Epidemiologic Studies

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, and Timothy L. Lash

Design Strategies to Improve Study Accuracy

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, and Timothy L. Lash

Causal Diagrams

M. Maria Glymour and Sander Greenland

DATA ANALYSIS

Fundamentals of Epidemiologic Data Analysis

Sander Greenland and Kenneth J. Rothman

Introduction to Categorical Statistics

Sander Greenland and Kenneth J. Rothman

Introduction to Stratified Analysis

Sander Greenland and Kenneth J. Rothman

Applications of Stratified Analysis Methods

Sander Greenland

Analysis of Polytomous Exposures and Outcomes

Sander Greenland

Introduction to Bayesian Statistics

Sander Greenland

Bias Analysis

Sander Greenland and Timothy L. Lash

Introduction to Regression Models

Sander Greenland

Introduction to Regression Modeling

Sander Greenland

SPECIAL TOPICS

Surveillance

James W. Buehler

Using Secondary Data

Jørn Olsen

Field Methods in Epidemiology

Patricia Hartge and Jack Cahill

Ecologic Studies

Hal Morgenstern

Social Epidemiology

Jay S. Kaufman

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

C. Robert Horsburgh Jr. and Barbara E. Mahon

Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology

Muin J. Khoury, Robert Millikan, and Marta Gwinn

Nutritional Epidemiology

Walter C. Willett

Environmental Epidemiology

Irva Hertz-Picciotto

Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology

Clarice R. Weinberg and Allen J. Wilcox

Clinical Epidemiology

Noel S. Weiss

Meta-analysis

Sander Greenland and Keith O'Rourke