This book on the use of epidemiologic data deals with the basic concepts and skills needed for the appraisal of published reports or one's own findings. Applications in clinical medicine, public health and community medicine, and research are taken into consideration. The book acts as an introductory manual that deals in a simple way with fundamental epidemiological approaches and procedures; its aim is to produce competence in the ABC's of data interpretation. It is a workbook of short exercises and instructional self-tests that introduces and explains fundamental approaches and procedures in ... More

This book on the use of epidemiologic data deals with the basic concepts and skills needed for the appraisal of published reports or one's own findings. Applications in clinical medicine, public health and community medicine, and research are taken into consideration. The book acts as an introductory manual that deals in a simple way with fundamental epidemiological approaches and procedures; its aim is to produce competence in the ABC's of data interpretation. It is a workbook of short exercises and instructional self-tests that introduces and explains fundamental approaches and procedures in data interpretation and develops competency in working with epidemiological tools. It deals with basic concepts, the step-by-step assessment of data, rates and other simple measures and the appraisal of their accuracy, associations between variables, the appraisal of cause-effect relationships, meta-analysis, and the practical application of epidemiological findings in clinical practice, community medicine and public health, or research.