Encyclopedia of Epidemiology

Author Sarah Boslaugh

Publisher SAGE

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eBook

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Author

Sarah Boslaugh

Publisher

SAGE

Volume

Copyright

2007

ISBN13

9781412953948

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

Presents information from the field of epidemiology in a less technical, more accessible format. Covers major topics in epidemiology, from risk ratios to case-control studies to mediating and moderating variables, and more. Relevant topics from related fields such as biostatistics and health economics are also included.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Editorial Board.
List of Entries.
Reader's Guide.
About the Editor.
About the Associate Editor.
About the Advisory Board.
Contributors.
Introduction.
1: Acculturation.
2: Additive and Multiplicative Models.
3: Administrative Data.
4: African American Health Issues.
5: Agent Orange.
6: Aging, Epidemiology of.
7: Alcohol Use.
8: Allergen.
9: Alzheimer's Disease.
10: American Cancer Society Cohort Studies.
11: American College of Epidemiology.
12: American Indian Health Issues.
13: American Public Health Association.
14: Analysis of Covariance.
15: Analysis of Variance.
16: Anxiety Disorders.
17: Apgar Score.
18: Applied Epidemiology.
19: Arthritis.
20: Asbestos.
21: Asian American/Pacific Islander Health Issues.
22: Association, Genetic.
23: Association of Schools of Public Health.
24: Asthma.
25: Attack Rate.
26: Attributable Fractions.
27: Autism.
28: Avian Flu.
29: Bar Chart.
30: Barker Hypothesis.
31: Bayesian Approach to Statistics.
32: Bayes's Theorem.
33: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
34: Bias.
35: Binomial Variable.
36: Biomarkers.
37: Biomedical Informatics.
38: Bioterrorism.
39: Bipolar Disorder.
40: Birth Certificate.
41: Birth Cohort Analysis.
42: Birth Defects.
43: Bloodborne Diseases.
44: Body Mass Index (BMI).
45: Box-and-Whisker Plot.
46: Breastfeeding.
47: Budd, William (1811–1880).
48: Cancer.
49: Cancer Registries.
50: Capture-Recapture Method.
51: Carcinogen.
52: Cardiovascular Disease.
53: Case-Cohort Studies.
54: Case Definition.
55: Case-Fatality Rate.
56: Case Reports and Case Series.
57: Categorical Data, Analysis of.
58: Causal Diagrams.
59: Causation and Causal Inference.
60: Censored Data.
61: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
62: Central Limit Theorem.
63: Child Abuse.
64: Child and Adolescent Health.
65: Chi-Square Test.
66: Cholesterol.
67: C
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