Epidemiology for the Uninitiated - On line Book

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Fourth Edition
D Coggon [SIZE=-1]PHD, DM, FRCP, FFOM[/SIZE]
Reader in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton UK
Geoffrey Rose [SIZE=-1]DM, DSC, FRCP, FFPHM[/SIZE]
late Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London UK
DJP Barker, [SIZE=-1]PHD, MD, FRCP, FFPHM, FRCOG[/SIZE]
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Director, Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton UK

Contents
1. What is epidemiology?
2. Quantifying disease in populations
3. Comparing disease rates
4. Measurement error and bias
5. Planning and conducting a survey
6. Ecological studies
7. Longitudinal studies
8. Case-control and cross sectional studies
9. Experimental studies
10. Screening
11. Outbreaks of disease
12. Reading epidemiological reports
13. Further reading


[thanks-THANKS]http://www.bmj.com/epidem/epid.html[/thanks-THANKS]