Material for Unit 7 and for Unit 8b, INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY Fall 2002 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (updated
November 14) Other textbooks (besides the recommended Fletcher et al.) Hennekens, Charles H. Epidemiology in medicine / WA 950 H515e 1987 [2 Hour Same Day] Health Sciences Reserves Friedman, Gary D., 1934- Primer of epidemiology / WA 105 F911p 1994 [Regular Loan] Health Sciences Health-Sciences( 1/ 0) 1994 and earlier editions |
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Sept 03 lecture Handout |
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Types of Epidemiologic Studies material from Rothman and Greenland |
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THE BIGGEST PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIMENT EVER: The 1954 Field Trial of the Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine Book Chapter polio_cases_US_1930-1956 |
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1-Phenylalanine mustard (L-PAM) in the management of primary breast cancer. NEJM 292:117-122 January 16, 1975 Link |
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Twenty-five-year follow-up of a randomized trial comparing radical mastectomy, total mastectomy, and total mastectomy followed by irradiation. Fisher B, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002 Aug 22; 347(8):567-75. Link Full article |
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Final report on the aspirin component of the ongoing Physicians' Health Study. Steering Committee of the Physicians' Health Study Research Group.N Engl J Med 1989 Jul 20; 321(3): 129 - 35. Link |
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Randomised trial of prophylactic daily aspirin in British
male doctors. Peto R, et al Br Med J 1988 Jan 30;296(6618):313-6
Link See also: An overview of the British and American aspirin studies. Hennekens CH, Peto R, Hutchison GB, Doll R. N Engl J Med 1988 Apr 7;318(14):923-4 |
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Effects of stretching before and after exercising on
muscle soreness and risk of injury Article by R.D. Herbert and M Gabriel, BMJ, Aug 31, 2002 Cumulative Incidence Graphs (modified from figure in article) 1 2 |
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Sept 04 lecture Handout |
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John Snow: On the mode of communication of cholera Excerpt from Hennekens and Buring |
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Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology website |
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Framingham Heart Study |
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Quebec_Asbestos_cohort |
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The Stress and Health Study (also known as the Whitehall II Study) Link |
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Nurses Health Study |
Outcomes of pregnancy in a national sample of resident physicians | |
Vasectomy and health. Results from a large cohort study | |
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Medical students' compliance with simple administrative tasks and success in final examinations: retrospective cohort study Article |
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Sept 05 lecture Handout |
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Pour battre Patrick Roy, mieux vaut lancer bas La Presse |
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Women are better pilots newspaper item |
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PubMed search on case control study quebec |
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The role of woodstoves in the etiology of polyposis article |
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Pedestrians Fatally Injured by motor vehicles From Friedman |
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Sept 06 lecture More on case-control studies |
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Nov 11 lecture Handout (updated Nov 10) |
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If nothing goes wrong is everything alright? interpreting zero numerators article |
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A POPULATION-BASED STUDY OF MEASLES,MUMPS,AND RUBELLA VACCINATION AND AUTISM article edtorial |
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Explaining risks: turning numerical data into meaningful pictures article |
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Nov 12 Small Group Session |
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Material for question 3 ( on sampling / confidence
intervals ) BirthWeights_AdultHeights.pdf RandomDigits.pdf |
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Nov 21 lecture Handout |
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A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16 VACCINE article |
Updated: Nov. 20, 2002