| The Case-Control Method: Design and Applications Contributor(s): Armenian, Haroutune (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195187113 ISBN-13: 9780195187113 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Over the past fifty years, the case-control method, and to a lesser extent its case-based variants, have become the most important tools for the investigator of health problems. The case control method is the study of persons with the disease and a suitable control group of persons who do not have the disease. The book helps readers address a number of general and specific questions dealing with the case-control and other case-based methods, including questions of how to design and implement a case-control study that minimizes biases, how to analyze the data to appropriately deal with confounding variables and help identify reactions, and how to interpret data and present the results from a case-control study. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Research - Medical | Epidemiology |
| Dewey: 610.72 |
| LCCN: 2008041127 |
| Series: Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the past fifty years, the case-control method, and to a lesser extent its case-based variants, have become the most important tools for the investigator of health problems. The case control method is the study of persons with the disease and a suitable control group of persons who do not have the disease. The book helps readers address a number of general and specific questions dealing with the case-control and other case-based methods, including questions of how to design and implement a case-control study that minimizes biases, how to analyze the data to appropriately deal with confounding variables and help identify reactions, and how to interpret data and present the results from a case-control study. |
