Epidemiology

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to epidemiologic thinking -- Pioneers in epidemiology and public health -- What is causation? -- Measuring disease occurrence and causal effects -- Types of epidemiologic studies -- Infectious disease epidemiology -- Dealing with biases -- Random error and the role of statistics -- Analyzing simple epidemiologic data -- Controlling confounding by stratifying data -- Measuring interactions -- Using regression models in epidemiologic analysis -- Epidemiology in clinical settings.