: Katherine M. Keyes, Sandro Galea
: Epidemiology Matters: A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations A New Introduction to Methodological Foundations
: Oxford University Press
: 9780199331253
: 1
: CHF 61.90
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: Medizin
: English
Epidemiology Matters offers a new approach to understanding and identifying the causes of disease -- and with it, how to prevent disease and improve human health. Utilizing visual explanations and examples, this text provides an accessible, step-by-step introduction to the fundamentals of epidemiologic study, from design to analysis. Across fourteen chapters, Epidemiology Matters teaches the individual competencies that underlie the conduct of an epidemiologic study: identifying populations, measuring exposures and health indicators, taking a sample, estimating associations between exposures and health indicators, assessing evidence for causes working together, assessing internal and external validity of results. With its consequentialist approach -- designing epidemiologic studies that aim to inform our understanding, and therefore improve public health -- Epidemiology Matters is an introductory text for the next generation of students in medicine and public health.