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Foundations of Epidemiology
Foundations of Epidemiology is an open access, introductory epidemiology text intended for students and practitioners in public or allied health fields. It covers epidemiologic thinking, causality, incidence and prevalence, public health surveillance, epidemiologic study designs and why we care about which one is used, measures of association, random error and bias, confounding and effect modification, and screening.
- Author
- Marit L. Bovbjerg
- Publisher
- Oregon State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
Contents· 14 sections
- 01: Chapters
- 1.01: What is Epidemiology
- 1.02: Measures of Disease Frequency
- 1.03: Surveillance
- 1.04: Introduction to 2 x 2 Tables Epidemiologic Study Design and Measures of Association
- 1.05: Random Error
- 1.06: Bias
- 1.07: Confounding
- 1.08: Effect Modification
- 1.09: Study Designs Revisited
- 1.10: Causality and Causal Thinking in Epidemiology
- 1.11: Screening and Diagnostic Testing
- 02: Appendix
- 2.01: How to Read an Epidemiologic Study