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008			210224s2016 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780198739685
020			_a0198739680
035			_a(OCoLC)964370513
060			_aWA105 _b.B466 2016
100	1		_aBhopal, Raj S.
245	1	0	_aConcepts of epidemiology : _bintegrating the ideas, theories, principles, and methods of epidemiology / _cRaj Bhopal.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aOxford, UK : _bOxford University Press, _c2016.
300			_axxxv, 441 p. : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aWhat is epidemiology? The nature, scope, variables, principal measures, and designs of a biological, clinical, social and ecological science -- The epidemiological concept of population -- Variation in disease by time, place, and person: background and a framework for analysis of genetic and environmental effects -- Error, bias and confounding in epidemiology -- Cause and effect: the epidemiological approach -- Interrelated concepts in the epidemiology of disease: natural history and incubation period, time trends in populations, spectrum, iceberg, and screening -- The concept of risk and fundamental measures of disease frequency: incidence and prevalence -- Summarizing, presenting and interpreting epidemiological data: building on incidence and prevalence -- Epidemiological study designs and principles of data analysis: a conceptually integrated suite of methods and techniques -- Epidemiology in the past, present and the future: theory, ethics, context, and critical appraisal.
520			_aEpidemiology is a population science that underpins health improvement and health care, by exploring and establishing the pattern, frequency, trends, and causes of a disease. Concepts of Epidemiology comprehensively describes the application of core epidemiological concepts and principles to readers interested in population health research, policy making, health service planning, health promotion, and clinical care.
650		4	_aEpidemiology.
650		4	_aEpidemiologic methods.
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