Weiss, Noel S.; Koepsell, Thomas D.

Epidemiologic Methods : Studying the Occurence of Illness

Introduction: An Epidemic of Blindness in Young Children 1(16) Diseases and Populations 17(20) Disease Frequency: Basics 37(25) Disease Frequency: Advanced 62(31) Overview of Study Designs 93(23) Sources of Data on Disease Occurrence 116(31) Person, Place, and Time 147(32) Inferring a Causal Relation Between Exposure and Disease 179(17) Measures of Excess Risk 196(19) Measurement Error 215(32) Confounding and Its Control 247(34) Ecological Studies 281(27) Randomized Trials 308(38) Cohort Studies 346(28) Case-Control Studies 374(29) Induction Periods and Latent Periods 403(12) Improving the Sensitivity of Epidemiologic Studies 415(27) Screening 442(22) Outbreak Investigation 464(26) Jane Koehler Jeffrey Duchin Evaluating the Effects of Policies on Health 490(15) Index 505