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040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
050		4	_aQH308.2
245	0	0	_aFoundations of Epidemiology _cMarit Bovbjerg
264		2	_aMinneapolis, MN _bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_aCorvallis, Oregon _bOregon State University _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_a1. What is Epidemiology? -- 2. Measures of Disease Frequency -- 3. Surveillance -- 4. Introduction to 2 x 2 Tables, Epidemiologic Study Design, and Measures of Association -- 5. Random Error -- 6. Bias -- 7. Confounding -- 8. Effect Modification -- 9. Study Designs Revisited -- 10. Causality and Causal Thinking in Epidemiology -- 11. Screening and Diagnostic Testing
520	0		_aThis book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. After reading this book, you should be able to read an epidemiologic study, understand what the authors did and why, and identify what they found. You will also have the tools to assess the quality of that study—how good is the evidence? What are potential sources of bias, and how might those have affected the results? This book will not teach you enough to be able to design and conduct your own epidemiologic studies—that level of understanding requires several years of specialized training. However, being able to read and understand the scientific literature about human health will allow you to apply that understanding to your own work in a nuanced, sophisticated way.
542	1		_fAttribution-NonCommercial
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on print resource
650		0	_aBiology _vTextbooks
700	1		_aBovbjerg, Marit L. _eauthor
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/809 _zAccess online version
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