Overview
- Greatly expanded 2nd edition adds 20 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, Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology, Generalized Estimating Equations, Directed Acyclic Graphs, Life Course Epidemiology, Physical Activity Epidemiology, Radiation Epidemiology, Epidemiology of Obesity, Epidemiology Respiratory Allergies and Asthma, Epidemiology of Dental Diseases, Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases, Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders, Epidemiology of Diabetes
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Table of contents (60 entries)
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Front Matter
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Part I Concepts and Designs in Epidemiology
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Part II Methodological Approaches in Epidemiology
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About this book
This 5-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 20 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, Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology, Generalized Estimating Equations, Directed Acyclic Graphs, Life Course Epidemiology, Physical Activity Epidemiology, Radiation Epidemiology, Epidemiology of Obesity, Epidemiology of Respiratory Allergies and Asthma, Epidemiology of Dental Diseases, Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases, Epidemiology of 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
“This is the best single source comprehensive textbook on epidemiology of human diseases, ranging from: statistical analysis to field work on the disorders. … I recommend this both as an atlas and textbook good for years to come.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, May, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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/10.1007/978-0-387-09834-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-09833-3Published: 14 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-09834-0Published: 17 December 2013
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXX, 2498
Number of Illustrations: 256 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Epidemiology, Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general