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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Bruce Nigel <1956->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Quantitative methods for health research : a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics / / Nigel Bruce, Daniel Pope and Debbi Stanistreet"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2008"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-118-69337-X"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-281-83141-7"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786611831417"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-470-72533-8"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-470-02276-0"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (xiii, 538 pages) : illustrations"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"362.1072/4"]
[{"$nulls":4},"610.72"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Medicine - Research - Methodology"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Health - Research - Methodology"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Epidemiology - Research - Methodology"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Epidemiology"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Epidemiologic Methods"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Biomedical Research - methods"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Biometry - methods"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Quantitative Methods for Health Research; Contents; Preface; 1 Philosophy of science and introduction to epidemiology; Introduction and learning objectives; 1.1 Approaches to scientific research; 1.2 Formulating a research question; 1.3 Rates: incidence and prevalence; 1.4 Concepts of prevention; 1.5 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 2 Routine data sources and descriptive epidemiology; Introduction and learning objectives; 2.1 Routine collection of health information; 2.2 Descriptive epidemiology; 2.3 Information on the environment; 2.4 Displaying, describing and presenting data"]
[{"$nulls":4},"2.5 Summary of routinely available data2.6 Descriptive epidemiology in action; 2.7 Overview of epidemiological study designs; 2.8 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 3 Standardisation; Introduction and learning objectives; 3.1 Health inequalities in Merseyside; 3.2 Indirect "]
[{"$nulls":4},"standardisation: calculation of the standardised mortality ratio (SMR); 3.3 Direct standardisation; 3.4 Standardisation for factors other than age; 3.5 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 4 Surveys; Introduction and learning objectives; 4.1 Purpose and context; 4.2 Sampling methods; 4.3 The sampling frame"]
[{"$nulls":4},"4.4 Sampling error, confidence intervals and sample size4.5 Response; 4.6 Measurement; 4.7 Data types and presentation; 4.8 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 5 Cohort studies; Introduction and learning objectives; 5.1 Why do a cohort study?; 5.2 Obtaining the sample; 5.3 Measurement; 5.4 Follow-up; 5.5 Basic presentation and analysis of results; 5.6 How large should a cohort study be?; 5.7 Confounding; 5.8 Simple linear regression; 5.9 Introduction to multiple linear regression; 5.10 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 6 Case-control studies; Introduction and learning objectives"]
[{"$nulls":4},"6.1 Why do a case-control study?6.2 Key elements of study design; 6.3 Basic unmatched and matched analysis; 6.4 Sample size for a case-control study; 6.5 Confounding and logistic regression; 6.6 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 7 Intervention studies; Introduction and learning objectives; 7.1 Why do an intervention study?; 7.2 Key elements of intervention study design; 7.3 The analysis of intervention studies; 7.4 Testing more complex interventions; 7.5 How big should the trial be?; 7.6 Further aspects of intervention study design and analysis; 7.7 Answers to self-assessment exercises"]
[{"$nulls":4},"8 Life tables, survival analysis and Cox regressionIntroduction and learning objectives; 8.1 Survival analysis; 8.2 Cox regression; 8.3 Current life tables; 8.4 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 9 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis; Introduction and learning objectives; 9.1 The why and how of systematic reviews; 9.2 The methodology of meta-analysis; 9.3 Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies; 9.4 The Cochrane Collaboration; 9.5 Answers to self-assessment exercises; 10 Prevention strategies and evaluation of screening; 10.1 Concepts of risk"]
[{"$nulls":4},"10.2 Strategies of prevention"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Quantitative Research Methods for Health Professionals: A Practical Interactive Course is a superb introduction to epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology for the whole health care community. Drawing examples from a wide range of health research, this practical handbook covers important contemporary health research methods such as survival analysis, Cox regression, and meta-analysis, the understanding of which go beyond introductory concepts. The book includes self-assessment exercises throughout to help students explore and reflect on their understanding and a"]