Epidemiology for the Uninitiated

David Coggon is the author of Epidemiology for the Uninitiated, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.David James Purslove Barker CBE was an English physician and epidemiologist and originator of the Barker Hypothesis that foetal and early infant conditions have a permanent conditioning effect on the body's metabolism and chronic conditions later in life.

• 1 What is Epidemiology?. 2 Quantifiying Disease in Populations.3 Comparing Disease Rates.4 Measurement Error and Bias.5 Planning and Conducting a Survey.6 Ecological Studies.7 Longitudinal Studies.8 Case-control and Cross Sectional Studies.9 Experimental Studies.10 Screening.11 Outbreaks of Disease.12 Reading Epidemiolgical Reports.Further Reading.Index