This is a concise introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics written specifically for medical students and first-time learners of clinical research methods. It presents the core concepts of epidemiology and of biostatistics and illustrates them with extensive examples from the clinical literature. It is the only book on the market written to speak directly to medical students and first-time biomedical researchers by using language and examples that are easy to understand.
This newly updated second edition is extensively rewritten to provide the clearest explanations and examples. There is also a sister-text, a 150-problem workbook of practice problems that can be purchased alongside this textbook. The author continues to provide a text that is attractively fast-paced and concise for use in condensed courses, such as those taught in medical school.
The book is an excellent review for the epidemiology section of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Part I which all medical students must take at the end of the second year.
Author(s): Noel S. Weiss, MD PhD
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 282
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Causal Relationships in Health and Disease (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 3-10
Basic Measures of Disease Frequency (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 11-20
General Considerations in Epidemiologic Research (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 21-34
Case Reports and Case Series (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 35-38
Cross-Sectional Studies (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 39-43
Cohort Studies (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 45-61
Case-Control Studies (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 63-78
Randomized Trials (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 79-111
Misclassification (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 113-124
Confounding (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 125-142
Effect Modification (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 143-155
Screening and Diagnosis (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 157-183
Front Matter ....Pages 185-185
Summary Measures in Statistics (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 187-196
Introduction to Statistical Inference (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 197-206
Hypothesis Tests in Practice (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 207-216
Linear Regression (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 217-237
Log-Link and Logistic Regression (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 239-246
Survival Analysis (Bryan Kestenbaum)....Pages 247-262
Back Matter ....Pages 263-277
