Gerstman, B. B. (2003). Epidemiology Kept Simple (2/e). New York: Wiley-Liss. Click on icon of textbook icon to the left to learn more about the book.

B. Burt Gerstman (B.B.Gerstman@sjsu.edu) 

Errata and notes

Chapter	Review Questions	Exercises	Power Points	Formulas & Articles	Labs (Case Studies)
1: Epi Past and Present	01-RQ.htm	01-exercises.htm	chap1-eks-2ed.ppt		Lab_The_Epidemiologic_Tradition.pdf
2: Causal Concepts	02-RQ.htm	02-exercises.htm	chap2-eks-2ed.ppt	Rothman1976.pdf	Lab_Multiple_Sclerosis.pdf
3: Infectious Disease Process	03-RQ.htm	03-exercises.htm	chap3-eks-2ed.ppt
4: Screening for Disease	04-RQ.htm	04-exercises.htm	chap4-eks-2ed.ppt	04-formulas.pdf	ScreeningLab.pdf
5: Case Definitions & the ICD	05-RQ.htm	05-exercises.htm
6: Incidence and Prevalence	06-RQ.htm	06-exercises.htm	chap6-eks-2ed.ppt	06-formulas.pdf	LAB_Incidence_Prevalence.pdf MeasuringDiseaseSimplified.pdf
7: Rate Adjustment	07-RQ.htm	07-exercises.htm	chap7-eks-2ed.ppt	07-formulas.pdf 07-new-formula-insight.pdf	StandardizationSimplified.pdf
8: Measures of Association & Impact	08-RQ.htm	08-exercises.htm	chap8-eks-2ed.ppt	08-formulas.pdf	RelatingRiskFactorsSimplified.pdf EpiMeasuresReview.pdf
9: Intro to Study Design	09-RQ.htm	09-exercises.htm	chap9-eks-2ed.ppt		AnalyticStudSimplified.pdf
10: Experimental Studies	10-RQ.htm	10-exercises.htm	chap10-eks-2ed.ppt		Lab_Experimental_Study_Design.pdf Miettinen1989.pdf
11: Observational Studies	11-RQ.htm	11-exercises.htm	chap11-eks-2ed.ppt	11-5-formulas.pdf	Lab_Cohort_Anger_Prone_Personality.pdf Lab_Case-Control_Study_Design.pdf Lab_Nested_Case-Control_Study_Design.pdf
12: Error	12-RQ.htm	12-exercises.htm	chap12-eks-2ed.ppt	http://www.epidemiolog.net/evolving/SourcesofError.pdf	SourcesOfErrorSimplified.pdf Lab_Matter_of_Interpretation.pdf Lab_Meta-Analysis_CABG_v_PCI.pdf
13: Confidence Intervals & P Values		13-exercises.htm
14 Mantel-Haenszel Methods					Confounding
15 Statistical Interaction
16: From Association to Causation	16-RQ.htm	16--exercises.htm	chap16-eks-2ed.ppt	Doll1965.pdf Richard Doll video	Lab_Matter_of_Interpretation.pdf Lab_Causal_Inference_Ortho_Evra.pdf
17 Survival Analysis
18 Current Life Tables
19 Random Distribution of Cases in Time and Space
20: Outbreak Investigation	20-RQs.htm				FoodBorneOutbreakRhyndale.pdf AnOutbreakofEnteritis-Mecca.pdf Texarkana Epidemic Measles

• Resources
• UCB Public Heath 250A Webcasts (UC Berkeley “sister course”)
• UNC EPID600 web site  (UNC “sister course”)
• America Schools of Public Helath MPH Core Competencies in Epidemiology
• Epidemiolog.net (Vic Schoenbach's site) 
• CDC Case Studies
• Software
• WinPepi (Abramson & Gahlinger; download and unzip; documentation included)
• OpenEpi (web-based calculators)
• Data Files
• Rhynedale outbreak investigation, pp. 368 -  370: rhynedal.rec | rhynedal.dbf
• Survival analysis illustrative data, Chapter 17: survival.sav
• Exercise 17.1 on p. 318: elandtp159.sav
• “Mecca” food borne outbreak data set ../datasets/MECCA.xls