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Last Edited: 3/18/08
Epidemiologic Methods
The scientific techniques used in epidemiologic research. These include the planning and design of epidemiologic studies and the methods used to analyze the results.
Papers
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Approaches to disease cluster investigations in a state health department
(01/01/1993)
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Classical tests for clustering rarely have a major role in the investigation of disease clusters at the neighborhood level performed by a health department....
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Clues to the Etiology of Disease Clusters -- A Practical Method
(06/25/2009)
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Investigating a community disease outbreak or cluster, such as a cancer excess where environmental factors are suspected, can be time-consuming if not focused....
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Estimating epidemiologic parameters by regression
(01/01/1987)
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Wilcosky and Chambless (J Chron Dis 1985; 38:849) discussed using regression techniques to produce both stratum-specific and "directly" adjusted rates and ratio measures....
Related Projects
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Methods for Tracking Exposures to Contaminants in Drinking Water
-- As a one year supplementary project to the larger California Environmental Health Tracking project, we worked with several states (NM, NJ, WA, WI) that are facing similar, specific technical problems with...