Epidemiology

Mark Stoové, Paul Dietze

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2 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAddiction Research Methods
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages299-318
Number of pages20
ISBN (Print)9781405176637
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Difficulties in sampling bias - low-prevalence illegal drug-using behaviours
  • Doll and Hill's studies - of smoking and lung cancer
  • Epidemiological research designs
  • Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology understood - distribution and determinants of disease in human populations
  • Hypothetical basic design - for case-control and cohort studies
  • Prevalence, cases of a condition existing in a population
  • Study designs in epidemiology
  • Uses of epidemiology - in alcohol and other drug research

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