More chapters in Epidemiology for the uninitiated
Armitage P, Berry G. Statistical Methods in Medical Research . Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. A full and explicit reference work on statistics.
Barker D J P, Hall A J. Practical Epidemiology . Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1991. A short practical manual of epidemiology for use in developing countries.
Coggon D. Statistics in Clinical Practice . London: BMJ Publishing Group, 1995. A guide to the interpretation of medical statistics for non-mathematicians.
Gardner M J, Altman D G. Statistics with Confidence . London: British Medical Journal, 1989. A clearly written, short introduction to statistical methods.
Pocock S J. Clinical Trials: a Practical Approach . Chichester: Wiley, 1996. A detailed guide to clinical trials.
Rothman K J. Modern Epidemiology. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986. The most rigorous exposition of epidemiological concepts and principles.
Swinscow T D V. Statistics at Square One. London: revised by Campbell M J. BMJ Publishing Group, 1996. Medical statistics made as simple as possible.
Chapters
- Chapter 1. What is epidemiology?
- Chapter 2. Quantifying disease in populations
- Chapter 3. Comparing disease rates
- Chapter 4. Measurement error and bias
- Chapter 5. Planning and conducting a survey
- Chapter 6. Ecological studies
- Chapter 7. Longitudinal studies
- Chapter 8. Case-control and cross sectional studies
- Chapter 9. Experimental studies
- Chapter 10. Screening
- Chapter 11. Outbreaks of disease
- Chapter 12. Reading epidemiological reports
- Chapter 13. Further reading