3. Comparing Rates: Between and Within Populations

Part III. Studying Associations Between Risk Factors and Disease

4. Which Type of Study?

5. Which Measure of Association?

Part IV. Selection of Populations and Samples to Study

6. Studies of Disease Occurrence I: Identification of the Population

7. Studies of Disease Occurrence II: Assessing Disease Status in Study Populations

8. Studies of Disease Causation I: Selection of Subjects for Case-Control Studies

9. Studies of Disease Causation II: Selection of Subjects for Cohort (longitudinal) Studies

Part V. Information from Epidemiological Studies

10. Collecting Information

11. Obtaining Valid Information

12. Repeatability

13. Maximising Participation

14. Conducting a Pilot Study

Part VI. Analysis and Interpretation of Epidemiological Data

15. Preparation of Survey Data for Statistical Analysis

16. Introductory Data Analysis I: Descriptive Epidemiology

17. Introductory Data Analysis II: Analytical Epidemiology

18. Confounding

19. Bias

Part VII. Other Practical Issues

20. Ethical Issues in Epidemiology

21. The Costs of Epidemiological Studies

Index