Epidemiology for Canadian Students
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Epidemiology for Canadian Students introduces students to the principles and methods of epidemiology and critical appraisal, all grounded within a Canadian context. This context is crucial--epidemiologic research in Canada most often uses data from Canadian registries, Canadian special purpose cohorts, provincial health administrators, national statistical agencies and other sources that will be important to Canadian students during their careers.
Dr. Scott Patten draws on more than 20 years’ experience teaching epidemiology to present core concepts in a conversational tone and pragmatic sequence. This introductory textbook is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students, health professionals and trainees.
About Scott Patten
Dr. Scott Patten obtained an MD from the University of Alberta in 1986, and subsequently completed an FRCPC in psychiatry (1991) and a PhD in epidemiology (1994) at the University of Calgary. He is a professor in the department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary and is a senior health scholar with Alberta Innovates, Health Solutions. He has over 20 years experience teaching epidemiology and supervising graduate students. As a researcher, he has published more than 400 scientific papers and is the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
Table of Contents
Cover | 1 |
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Contents | 6 |
PART I FIRST PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 8 |
1 What is epidemiology? | 9 |
2 Epidemiological reasoning | 17 |
PART II FUNDAMENTAL DESCRIPTIVE PARAMETERS | 28 |
3 Basic measures based on frequencies and rates | 29 |
4 Specialized mortality rates and composite measures of disease burden | 42 |
PART III VULNERABILITY TO ERROR OF DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES | 58 |
5 Random error from sampling | 59 |
6 Measurement error that leads to misclassification | 72 |
7 Misclassification bias in descriptive studies | 84 |
8 Selection error and selection bias in descriptive studies | 91 |
9 Confounding in descriptive studies | 102 |
PART IV STUDY DESIGNS AND THEIR VULNERABILITY TO ERROR | 118 |
10 Cross-sectional studies | 119 |
11 Case-control studies | 132 |
12 Differential and nondifferential misclassification bias in analytical studies | 151 |
13 Prospective cohort studies | 158 |
14 Confounding and effect modification in analytical studies | 171 |
15 Stratified analysis and regression modelling in analytical studies | 187 |
16 Other study designs | 202 |
17 Other measures of association in epidemiology | 215 |
PART V EVALUATING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES | 222 |
18 Causal judgement in epidemiology | 223 |
19 Steps in critical appraisal | 233 |
Answers to questions | 251 |
Glossary | 271 |
References | 282 |
Index | 291 |
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- Publisher
- Brush Education
- Category
- Epidemiology
- Published
- March 2015
- Pages
- 304
- Chapters
- 30
- Language
- English
- ISBN EPUB
- 9781550595758
- ISBN Paper
- 9781550595727