Handbook of Epidemiology

Wolfgang Ahrens is Head of the Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research division at the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.� Iris Pigeot is Director of the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Germany.

Foreword.- Preface.- Part I: Concepts and Designs in Epidemiology;  An Introduction to Epidemiology, History of Epidemiological Methods and Concepts (NEW),  Basic Concepts, Rates, Risks, Measures of Association and Impact, Descriptive Studies, Cohort Studies, Case-Control Studies, Modern Epidemiological Study Designs, Intervention Trials, Cluster Randomized Trials (NEW), Community-Based Health Promotion, Internet Based Epidemiology (NEW).- Part II: Methodological Approaches in Epidemiology; Design and Planning of Epidemiological Studies, Quality Control and Good Epidemiological Practice, Epidemiological Field Work in Population-Based Studies, Exposure Assessment, Misclassification (NEW), Confounding and Interaction, Sensitivity Analysis and Bias Analysis (NEW), Use of Health Registers, Emergency and Disaster Health Surveillance (NEW), Screening, Epidemiology in Developing Countries, Health Services Research, Ethical Aspects of Epidemiological Research.- Part III: Statistical Methodsin Epidemiology; Statistical Inference (NEW), Data Management in Epidemiology (NEW), Sample Size Determination in Epidemiological Studies, Analysis of Continuous Covariates and Dose-Effect Analysis, Regression Methods for Epidemiological Analysis, Bayesian Methods in Epidemiology (NEW), Survival Analysis, Measurement Error, Missing Data, Generalized Estimating Equations (NEW), Meta-Analysis in Epidemiology, Geographical Epidemiology, Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology, Directed Acyclic Graphs (NEW).- Part IV: Exposure-oriented Epidemiology; Life Course Epidemiology (NEW), Social Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Nutritional Epidemiology, Reproductive Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology of Evidence-Based Health Care, Pharmacoepidemiology, Physical Activity Epidemiology (NEW), Radiation Epidemiology (NEW).- Part V: Outcome-oriented Epidemiology; Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Health and Disease, CancerEpidemiology, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Epidemiology of  Obesity (NEW), Epidemiology of Respiratory Allergies and Asthma (NEW), Epidemiology of Dental Diseases (NEW), Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases (NEW), Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders (NEW), Epidemiology of Diabetes (NEW).