Gerstman, B. B. (2003). Epidemiology Kept Simple (2/e). New York: Wiley-Liss.
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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 [and descriptive epi] 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 & ...  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
Also see outbreak investigations (Chapter 20)
9: Types of Studies  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_Study_Design.pdf 
Lab_Case-Control_Study_Design.pdf 
Lab_Nested_Case-Control_Study_Design.pdf 
12: Error  in Epi Research 12-RQ.htm 12-exercises.htm  chap12-eks-2ed.ppt   SourcesOfErrorSimplified.pdf 
Lab_Matter_of_Interpretation.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 
17 Survival Analysis          
18 Current Life Tables          
19 Random Distribution of Cases in Time and Space          
20: Outbreak Investigation   20-exercises.htm     FoodBorneOutbreakRhyndale.pdf
AnOutbreakofEnteritis-Mecca.pdf 
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