Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Rates and Proportions
2. Causal Inference
3. Confounding
4. Cohort Studies
5. Case-Control Studies
6. Multiple Causal Pathways and Effect Modification
7. Screening

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About the Author

Noel S. Weiss, MD, DrPH, has been a faculty member at the University of Washington and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center since 1973. His research has been in the areas of cancer epidemiology and clinical epidemiology. He has authored or co-authored more than 600 publications, including three books. At the University of Washington he has received awards for teaching and mentoring, and in 2011 was selected by the Congress of Epidemiology as the first
winner of the Alfred Evans Award for teaching and mentoring.