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Bruce, Nigel, 1955-

Quantitative methods for health research : a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics / Nigel Bruce, Daniel Pope and Debbi Stanistreet - Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 - xiii, 538 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-528) and index

Philosophy of science and introduction to epidemiology -- Routine data sources and descriptive epidemiology -- Standardisation -- Surveys -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Intervention studies -- Life tables, survival analysis, and Cox regression -- Systematic reviews and meta analysis -- Prevention strategies and evaluation of screening -- Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and Bayesian methods

ISBN: 0470022744 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0470022752 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780470022740 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780470022757 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008002734

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine--Research--Methodology
Health--Research--Methodology
Epidemiology--Research--Methodology
Epidemiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Biomedical Research--methods
Biometry--methods

LC Class. No.: RA852 / .B78 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.10724/ / BRU

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 950 / B918q 2008