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Measuring health and illness

For More Information on Measures of Disease and Association

Books:

  1. Rothman, K. J., Greenland, S., & Lash, T. L. (2008). Modern Epidemiology, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
  2. Gordis, L. (2009). Epidemiology. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders.
  3. Porta, M. (2014). A dictionary of epidemiology, 5th edition. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Available at: http://www.irea.ir/files/site1/pages/dictionary.pdf

 

Online Videos and Other Resources

  1. Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition. An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section5.html
  2. Incidence and Prevalence:
  3. The Relationship between Incidence and Prevalence:
  4. How to Interpret an Use a Relative Risk and an Odds Ratio: