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Handbook of Epidemiology

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  • © 2005

Overview

  • Serves as the primary reference for theoretical and applied researchers in epidemiology
  • Covers all areas of epidemiology from statistics to outcome-oriented epidemiology
  • Gives a broad overview of theoretical concepts and applied methodologies in epidemiology

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking

  2. Concepts and Methodological Approaches in Epidemiology

  3. Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

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About this book

This 3-volume reference covers the entire field of epidemiology, from statistical methods and study design, to specialized areas such as molecular epidemiology, and applications in clinical medicine and health services research. This updated edition of the Handbook of  Epidemiology adds 22 new chapters on: History of Epidemiological Methods and Concepts, Cluster Randomized Trials, Internet-Based Epidemiology, Misclassification, Sensitivity Analysis and Bias Analysis,  Emergency and Disaster Health Surveillance, Statistical Inference, Data Management in Epidemiology, Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology, Generalized Estimating Equations, Directed Acyclic Graphs, Life Course Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Physical Activity, Radiation Epidemiology, Epidemiology of  Obesity, Epidemiology of Respiratory Allergies and Asthma, Epidemiology of  Dental Diseases, Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases, Psychiatric Disorders, Epidemiology of  Diabetes.

All other chapters are extensively revised from  the 1st edition. This is a reference for epidemiological researchers and graduate students in public health.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"The book represents a comprehensive reference source on practical epidemiology. … the handbook covers a very wide spectrum of problems and is a very good reference material." (Tanya Kostova-Vassilevska, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1094 (20), 2006)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Epidemiological Methods and Ethiologic Research, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Bremen, Germany

    Wolfgang Ahrens, Iris Pigeot

  • Division of Biometrie and Data Management, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Bremen, Germany

    Wolfgang Ahrens, Iris Pigeot

About the editors

Wolfgang Ahrens is Head of the Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research division at the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.�

Iris Pigeot is Director of the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Epidemiology

  • Editors: Wolfgang Ahrens, Iris Pigeot

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26577-1Published: 26 July 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 2300

  • Number of Illustrations: 162 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: 1st ed. 2005. Corr. 2nd printing, 2005, XII, 1639 p. 165 illus., 3 in color, New edition planned

  • Topics: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Public Health

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