Featuring articles from the prestigious Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, many of which have been revised and updated to include recent developments, the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods also includes newly commissioned articles reflecting the latest thinking in

Cancer Registries
Birth Defect Registries
Meta Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies
Epidemiology Overview
Sample Size
Sex Ratio at Birth
Software Design and Analysis

Featuring contributions from leading experts in academia, government and industry, the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods has been designed to complement existing texts on the subject by providing further extensive, up-to-date coverage of specialised topics and by introducing the reader to the research literature.

Offering a wealth of information in a single resource, the Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods



Offers an excellent introduction to a vast array of specialised topics
Includes in-depth coverage of the statistical underpinnings of contemporary epidemiologic methods
Provides concise definitions and introductions to numerous concepts found in the current literature
Uses extensive cross-references, helping to facilitate further research, and enabling the reader to locate definitions and related concepts

In addition to featuring extensive articles in the areas of descriptive and analytic epidemiology, the Encyclopedia also provides the reader with articles on case-control design and offers substantial coverage of allied statistical methods.