by Bruce K . Armstrong (Author), EmilyWhite (Author), RodolfoSaracci (Author)
Originally written for those wishing to design or conduct epidemiological studies and as a graduate course text, and published to wide international acclaim, this book now appears in paperback. Its excellent coverage of all relevant issues will thus be accessible to all students of epidemiology. Much epidemological research is undertaken to relate exposure to external agents to the occurrence of particular diseases, which depends critically on the accurate measurement of exposure. This book is the first to cover the design of questionnaires, conducting personal interviews, abstracting medical records, the use of biological and environmental measurements, and important background areas for exposure measurement, such as error in measurement and its effects, maximising participation of subjects in research, and ethical issues.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: New edition
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 03 Nov 1994
ISBN 10: 0192620207
ISBN 13: 9780192620200
Fills a void in the literature and will be useful to both epidemiologists and others interested in both the theoretical framework and the practical aspects of the collection and analysis of exposure data in epidemiology. --Robert C. Spear, PhD, in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Excellent summary of an emerging topic in epidemiology. --Prof. Jane E. Keller-Byrne