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Epidemiology Course 1

The course has five sections: 1. Overview of epidemiology 2. Measurement of disease in populations 3. Source and types of epidemiologic data 4. Epidemiologic study design 5. Deriving causal inferences

Epidemiology Course 1 Lectures

 

REVISED LECTURES (EPI COURSE 2005)

NATURE AND USES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY                      

DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND CONTEXT

CATEGORIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HEALTH STATES 

POPULATION SAMPLING

MEASURES OF DISEASE FREQUENCY 

MEASURES OF DISEASE ASSOCIATION

STANDARDIZED RATES AND RATIOS

OTHER MEASURES OF MORTALITY AGE-COHORT ANALYSIS

RELIABILITY OF DISEASE CLASSIFICATION

SCREENING FOR DISEASE

SURVIVAL AND LIFE TABLES

VITAL DATA 

MORBIDITY DATA: REGISTRIES AND SURVEILLANCE  

CONCEPTS UNDERLYING STUDY DESIGN   

OVERVIEW OF STUDY DESIGN. COMMUNITY SURVEYS 

RANDOMIZED TRIALS

COHORT STUDIES

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES

BIAS AND CONFOUNDING    PART I       PART II                        

SUSSER’S CAUSAL CRITERIA

STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION AND CAUSALITY

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