Overview
- Serves as the primary reference for theoretical and applied researchers in epidemiology
- Covers all areas of epidemiology from statistics to outcome-oriented epidemiology
- Gives a broad overview of theoretical concepts and applied methodologies in epidemiology
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About this book
This 3-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 22 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, Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology, Generalized Estimating Equations, Directed Acyclic Graphs, Life Course Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Physical Activity, Radiation Epidemiology, Epidemiology of Obesity, Epidemiology of Respiratory Allergies and Asthma, Epidemiology of Dental Diseases, Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases, 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.
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"The book represents a comprehensive reference source on practical epidemiology. … the handbook covers a very wide spectrum of problems and is a very good reference material." (Tanya Kostova-Vassilevska, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1094 (20), 2006)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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/10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26577-1Published: 26 July 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 2300
Number of Illustrations: 162 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: 1st ed. 2005. Corr. 2nd printing, 2005, XII, 1639 p. 165 illus., 3 in color, New edition planned
Topics: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Public Health