Epidemiology 流行病学

　　随着国内高校国际化教学的蓬勃开展，越来越多的医学院招收国际学生。为了更好地进行教学，编写一套符合教学大纲要求，内容和深度适宜的英文医学教材，就显得非常有必要。该书由宁波大学一线教师主编，主要面向临床医学相关专业的留学生，介绍流行病学相关的内容，包括流行病学的基本概念、流行病学常用的研究方法，如病例对照研究、队列研究、现况研究、临床诊断试验方法、新药的临床试验与评价等，详细阐述了以上方法的主要用途、注意事项、具体实现等。

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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Definition of Epidemiology
1.2 A Brief History of Epidemiology
1.2.1 The Origin of Epidemiology
1.2.2 The Formation Period of Epidemiology
1.2.3 The Development Period of Epidemiology
1.3 Research Methods of Epidemiology
1.3.1 Descriptive Studies
1.3.2 Analytic Studies
1.3.3 Experimental Studies
1.4 Application of Epidemiology
1.4 . 1 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
1.4.2 Disease Surveillance
1.4.3 Research for Causes and Risk Factors
1.4.4 Research for the Natural History of the Disease
1.4.5 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Disease Prevention and Control
1.5 Characteristics of Epidemiology
1.5.1 Population
1.5.2 Comparison
1.5.3 Probability
1.5.4 Social Psychology
1.5.5 Prevention
Chapter 2 Distribution of Disease
2.1 Measures of Disease Frequency
2.1.1 Rate and Ratio
2.1.2 The Indices of Disease Occurrence
2.1.3 The Indices of Death
2.2 Patterns of Disease Distribution
2.2.1 Person
2.2.2 Place
2.2.3 Time
2.3 The Epidemic Intensity of Disease
2.3.1 Sporadic
2.3.2 Outbreak
2.3.3 Epidemic
Chapter 3 Descriptive Study
3.1 Definition of Descriptive Study
3.2 Cross-Sectional Study
3.2.1 Cross-Sectional Study Methods
3.2.2 The Purposes and Application of Cross-Sectional Study 3<>
3.2.3 Design of Cross-Sectional Study
3.2.4 Quality Control of Survey
3.3 Census and Sampling Survey
3.3.1 Census
3.3.2 Sampling Survey
3.4 Case Report and Case Survey
3.5 Ecological Study
3.5.1 Definition
3.5.2 Category
3.5.3 Applications
3.5.4 Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 4 Cohort Study
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Definition of a Cohort Study
4.1.2 A Brief History of Cohort Studies
4.1.3 Prospective Versus Retrospective Cohort Studies
4.1.4 Nested Case-Control Study
4.2 Design
4.2.1 Selection of Cohort Population
4.2.2 Measure Exposures
4.2.3 Follow Up
4.2.4 Measure Disease Outcomes
4.2.5 Estimate Disease Risk Associated with Exposure
4. 3 Data Analysis
4.3.1 Measures of Outcome Frequency
4.3.2 Measures of Association
4.3.3 Survival Analysis
4.3.4 Reporting Cohort Studies
4.4 Bias
4.4.1 Selection Bias
4.4.2 Information Bias
4.4.3 Confounding Bias
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Chapter 5 Case-Control Study
Chapter 6 Experimental Studies
Chapter 7 Causal Inference
Chapter 8 Diagnostic Test
Chapter 9 Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Chapter 10 Noncommunicable Disease Epidemiology
Chapter 11 Molecular Epidemiology
Chapter 12 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Chapter 13 Interpretation of Epidemiologic Literature