TY - BOOK AU - Celentano,David D. AU - Szklo,M. AU - Gordis,Leon TI - Gordis epidemiology SN - 9780323877756 AV - RA651 .C45 2025 U1 - 614.4 23 PY - 2025///] CY - Philadelphia, PA PB - Elsevier KW - Epidemiology KW - Textbooks KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - fast KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references; SECTION I The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention 1 Introduction 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission 3 The Occurrence of Disease: I. Disease Surveillance and Measures of Morbidity 4 The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests 6 The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis SECTION II Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease 7 Observational Studies 8 Cohort Studies 9 Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies 10 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Interventions: Randomized Trials 11 Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues 12 Estimating Risk: Is There an Association? 13 More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention 14 From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences From Epidemiologic Studies 15 More on Causal Inference: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation SECTION III Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services 18 Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology Answers Index ER -