Epidemiological Studies : A Practical Guide (Hardcover)

Part I. Introduction: 1. Scope of epidemiological enquiry and overview of main problem areas; Part II. Problems in Choosing the Study Design: 2. Which measure of disease occurrence?; 3. The association between risk factors and disease: which measure?; Part III. Problems in Selection of Population and Samples to Study: 4. Studies of disease occurrence I: Identification of the population; 5. Studies of disease occurrence II: Assessing disease status in study populations; 6. Studies of disease causation I: Selection of subjects for case control studies; 7. Studies of disease causation II: Selection of subjects for cohort (longitudinal) studies; Part IV. Information from Epidemiological Surveys: 8. Problems in obtaining valid information; 9. Repeatability; 10. Maximising participation; 11. The use of the questionnaire; 12. Preparation of survey data from statistical analysis; 13. Introductory epidemiological data analysis; 14. Confounding; 15. Bias; 16. Ethical issues in epidemiology; 17. The costs of epidemiological studies; Index.