Epidemiology
with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
- 5th Edition - November 25, 2013
- Author: Leon Gordis
- Language: English
Epidemiology, by award-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis, is a best-selling introduction to this complex science. Dr. Gordis leverages his vast experience teachin… Read more
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Epidemiology, by award-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis, is a best-selling introduction to this complex science. Dr. Gordis leverages his vast experience teaching this subject in the classroom to introduce the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in a clear, uniquely memorable way. He guides you from an explanation of the epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention, through the use of epidemiologic principles to identify the causes of disease, to a discussion of how epidemiology should be used to improve evaluation and public policy. It’s your best choice for an accessible yet rich understanding of epidemiology!
"Overall, I think it is an excellent book for medical students and occupational medicine trainees and a useful revision and reference text for consultant occupational physicians one of the most clearly laid out and readable general epidemiology texts that I have ever seen". Reviewed by: Julia Smedley on behalf of Occupational Medicine Date: July 2015- Gain a solid foundation of basic epidemiologic principles as well as practical applications in public health and clinical practice.
- Visualize concepts vividly through abundant full-color figures, graphs, and charts.
- Check your understanding of essential information with 320 multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions (120 inside the book plus 200 more online).
- Access the complete contents online at Student Consult, including over 200 additional multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions not found in the book, with answers to all questions as well as full rationales explaining why every answer is correct or incorrect.
Health Professional market: Medical, Public health, and Nursing students
SECTION I
The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
CHAPTER 2
The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
CHAPTER 3
The Occurrence of Disease: I. Disease Surveillance and Measures of Morbidity
CHAPTER 4
The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact
CHAPTER 5
Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
CHAPTER 6
The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis
CHAPTER 7
Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials
CHAPTER 8
Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues
SECTION II
Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease
CHAPTER 9
Cohort Studies
CHAPTER 10
Case-Control Studies and Other Study Designs
CHAPTER 11
Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?
CHAPTER 12
More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention
CHAPTER 13
A Pause for Review: Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
CHAPTER 14
From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences from Epidemiologic Studies
CHAPTER 15
More on Causal Inferences: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction
CHAPTER 16
Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
SECTION III
Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy
CHAPTER 17
Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
CHAPTER 18
The Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
CHAPTER 19
Epidemiology and Public Policy
CHAPTER 20
Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS
INDEX
"This is best introductory textbook of epidemiology that I have encountered. It is also ranked the highest by my students. The major change from the fourth to fifth edition is the addition of more color to the tables and figures. The overall content has not changed much. Thus, for students who prefer a more colorful presentation, this edition is a worthwhile investment. If this is not the case and students have the previous edition, they can still learn the principles and methods of epidemiology from the prior edition."-Charles Lynch, MD,PhD, MS(University of Iowa College of Public Health) Doody Review: 4 stars
"The book is extremely well organized with clear sections. It benefits from a high level of illustration, including a variety of pictures, diagrams and even cartoons, some of which are in colour—which are an appealing and welcome break from the textual presentation of epidemiological theory.
Overall, I think it is an excellent book for medical students and occupational medicine trainees and a useful revision and reference text for consultant occupational physicians—one of the most clearly laid out and readable general epidemiology texts that I have ever seen." Reviewed by: Julia Smedley, Occupational Medicine Date: July 2015
- Edition: 5
- Published: November 25, 2013
- Language: English
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Leon Gordis
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology; Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, Maryland