The thoroughly revised and updated Third Edition of the acclaimed Modern Epidemiology reflects both the conceptual development of this evolving science and the increasingly focal role that epidemiology plays in dealing with public health and medical problems. Co-authored by three leading epidemiologists, with sixteen additional contributors, this Third Edition is the most comprehensive and cohesive text on the principles and methods of epidemiologic research. The book covers a broad range of concepts and methods, such as basic measures of disease frequency and associations, study design,field methods, threats to validity, and assessing precision. It also covers advanced topics in data analysis such as Bayesian analysis, bias analysis, and hierarchical regression. Chapters examine specific areas of research such as disease surveillance, ecologic studies, social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, genetic and molecular epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.

Contents


INTRODUCTION

BASIC CONCEPTS

Causation and Causal Inference
Measures of Occurrence
Measures of Effect and Measures of Association
Concepts of Interaction

STUDY DESIGN AND CONDUCT

Types of Epidemiologic Studies
Cohort Studies
Case-control Studies
Validity in Epidemiologic Studies
Precision and Statistics in Epidemiologic Studies
Design Strategies to Improve Study Accuracy
Causal Diagrams

DATA ANALYSIS

Fundamentals of Epidemiologic Data Analysis
Introduction to Categorical Statistics
Introduction to Stratified Analysis
Applications of Stratified Analysis Methods
Analysis of Polytomous Exposures and Outcomes

Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
Bias Analysis
Introduction to Regression Models
Introduction to Regression Modeling

SPECIAL TOPICS

Surveillance
Using Secondary Data
Field Methods in Epidemiology
Ecologic Studies
Social Epidemiology
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Methodologic Issues in Reproductive Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology
Meta-analysis