Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
ISBN: 978-0-19-262020-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
The best book on the market for all those wishing to design or conduct epidemiological studies and as a text for graduate courses in epidemiology. First published in hardback to international acclaim, it is now available as an economically priced paperback so that all epidemiologists can benefit from its excellent coverage.
The text covers the design of questionnaires, conducting personal interviews, abstracting medical records, the use of biological and environmental measurements, and important background areas for exposure measurement, such as error in measurement and its effects, maximizing participation of subjects in research, and ethical issues.
Established epidemiologists and public health specialists will find its practical guidance invaluable when designing and implementing a study. Students will find everything they need for a thorough understanding of all the principles and practice of exposure measurement.
Originally written for those wishing to design or conduct epidemiological studies and as a graduate course text, and published to wide international acclaim, this book now appears in paperback. Its excellent coverage of all relevant issues will thus be accessible to all students of epidemiology.
Much epidemological research is undertaken to relate exposure to external agents to the occurrence of particular diseases, which depends critically on the accurate measurement of exposure. This book is the first to cover the design of questionnaires, conducting personal interviews, abstracting medical records, the use of biological and environmental measurements, and important background areas for exposure measurement, such as error in measurement and its effects, maximising participation of subjects in research, and ethical issues.
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