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Medientyp:
Buch
Titel:
Epidemiology matters
:
a new introduction to methodological foundations
Enthält:
What is a population and what is population health?What is an exposure, what is a disease, and how do we measure them? -- What is a sample? -- Watching a sample, counting cases -- Are exposures associated with health indicators? -- What is a cause? -- Is the association causal, or are there alternative explanations? -- How do non-causal associations arise? -- How can we mitigate against non-causal associations in design and analysis? -- When do causes work together? -- Do the results matter beyond the study sample? -- How do we identify disease early to minimize its consequences? -- Conclusion : epidemiology and what matters most.
Beschreibung:
What is a population and what is population health? -- What is an exposure, what is a disease, and how do we measure them? -- What is a sample? -- Watching a sample, counting cases -- Are exposures associated with health indicators? -- What is a cause? -- Is the association causal, or are there alternative explanations? -- How do noncausal associations arise? -- How can we mitigate against noncausal associations in design and analysis? -- When do causes work together? -- Do the results matter beyond the study sample? -- How do we identify disease early to minimize its consequences? -- Conclusion : epidemiology and what matters most