Epidemiology : an introduction /
Kenneth J. Rothman.
- 2nd ed.
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- viii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to epidemiologic thinking -- Pioneers in epidemiology and public health -- What is causation? -- Measuring disease occurrence and causal effects -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Infectious disease epidemiology -- Dealing with biases -- Random error and the role of statistics -- Analyzing simple epidemiologic data -- Controlling confounding by stratifying data -- Measuring interactions -- Using regression models in epidemiologic analysis -- Epidemiology in clinical settings.