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Basic Principles and Practical Applications in Epidemiological Research.
Basic Principles and Practical Applications in Epidemiological Research.

作者:Wang

年份:2002

出版社:WORLD SCIENTIFIC

書號:WS0023

ISBN:981024925X

NT$

780

Based on the concept of "conjecture and refutation" from the Popperian philosophy of science, i.e. looking for alternative causes, this book simplifies the design and inferences of human observational studies into two types: descriptive and causal. It clarifies how and why causal inference should be considered from the search for alternative explanations or causes, and descriptive inference from the sample at hand to the source population. Furthermore, it links the health policy and epidemiological concept with decisional questions, for which the basic measurement can be quality-adjusted survival time or quality-adjusted life year.