Introduction to Epidemiology
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- •Trends in Epidemiology
- •Current Applications of Epidemiology
- •Summary
- •References
- •To Read Further
- •Classical Epidemiology
- •A Little Bit of History
- •Some Basic Concepts
- •Some Other Terms You Should Know
- •References
- •Research Methodology
- •Yet Some More History
- •Design Elements
- •Sampling
- •Subject Allocation
- •Other Forms of Randomization
- •Threats to Validity
- •Epidemiologic Research Studies
- •Examples
- •References
- •To Read Further
- •Measurement
- •Issues in Choosing a Measure
- •Types of Variables
- •Measurement With Categoric Variables
- •Measurement With Continuous Variables
- •Examples
- •References
- •To Read Further
- •Assessing Causation
- •The Criteria
- •Summary
- •Examples
- •References
- •To Read Further
- •Ethics
- •Freely Given Consent
- •Informed Consent
- •Other Issues
- •References
- •To Read Further
- •Appendix
- •A Brief Epidemish-Eglish Dictionary