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020			_a9781455737338 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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100	1		_aGordis, Leon, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEpidemiology / _cLeon Gordis
250			_aFifth edition.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia, PA : _bElsevier/Saunders, _c[2014]
300			_axv, 392 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe dynamics of disease transmission -- The occurrence of disease : I. Disease surveillance and measures of morbidity -- The occurrence of disease: II. Mortality and other measures of disease impact -- Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests -- The natural history of disease : ways of expressing prognosis -- Assessing preventive and therapeutic measures : randomized trials -- Randomized trials : some further issues -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies and other study designs -- Estimating risk : is there an association? -- More on risk : estimating the potential for prevention -- A pause for review : comparing cohort and case-control studies -- From association to causation : deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies -- More on causal inferences : bias, confounding, and interaction -- Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation -- Using epidemiology to evaluate health services -- The epidemiologic approach to evaluating screening programs -- Epidemiology and public policy -- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.
650	1	2	_aEpidemiology.
650	2	2	_aEpidemiologic Methods.
658			_aCommunity Medicine.
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