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