ReadingTextbook:Gordis, Leon. Epidemiology. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1996. Course Packet: Journal articles required for the case studies can be found in the course packet. Both the textbook and course packet are available at the UNC Health Affairs Bookstore. You may order online or call the bookstore at: 919-966-2208. When ordering the course pack please ask for the Distance Learning EPID 160 Alexander/Shy packet. Reading Module 1: IntroductionTerris Milton. The Epidemiologic Tradition. The Wade Hampton Frost Lecture. Public Health Reports. 94:203-209. GOOD GROUP EXPERIENCES DON'T JUST HAPPEN! Reading Module 2: Population PerspectivesMurray CJL, Lopez AD. Mortality by cause for 8 regions of the world: global burden of
disease study. Lancet 1997. 49:1269-76. Reading Module 3: Incidence and PrevalenceKnekt P., Reunanen A., Jarvinen R., et.al. Antioxidant vitamin intake and coronary mortality in a longitudinal population study. Am J Epid. 1994;139:1180-89. Handout - "What is person
time?" Reading Module 4: Sensitivity and SpecificityRead Chapter 4 in the textbook, Epidemiology, 1st edition, by Gordis. Reading Module 5: Dynamics of DiseaseHandout on "Epidemic Curves" Reading Module 7: Clinical TrialsPayment P, Richardson L, Siemiatycki J, et al. (1991). A randomized trial to evaluate
the risk of gastrointestinal disease due to consumption of drinking water meeting current
microbiological standards. American Journal of Public Health. 81(6), 703-708. Reading Module 8: Cohort StudiesMust A, Jacques PF, Dallal GE, et al. (1992). Long term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. NEJM. 327(19), 1350-1355. Bray GA. (1992). Adolescent overweight may be tempting fate. NEJM. 327(19), 1379- 1380. Reading Module 9: Case-Control StudiesFontham ETH, Correa P, Wu-Williams A, et al. (1991). Lung cancer in nonsmoking women: A multicenter case control study. Cancer Epid Biomarkers & Prev. 1:35-43. Reading Module 10: Cross-Sectional StudiesKlevens, RM, Giovino, GA and Peddicord JP. The Association between veteran status
and cigarette-smoking behaviors. Am J Prev Med 1995;11(4) 245-50. Reading Module 12: Selection BiasPenkower L et al. (1991). Behavioral, health and psychosocial factors and risk for HIV infection among sexually active homosexual men: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. AJPH. 81, 194-196. Peterman TA. (1995). Can we get people to participate in a study of sexual behavior? STD. 22, 164-168. Handout - Selective Forces on Study Populations. Reading Module 13: Information BiasGelberg et al. (1995). Fluoride exposure and childhood osteosarcoma: A case-control study. AJPH. 85(12), 1678-1683. Reading Module 14: Confounding BiasHandout on "confounding bias" Reading Module 15: Guidelines For CausalityWomen's Health Watch, Harvard Medical School, Cervical Dysplasia, 1995, pp. 4-5. Schiffman MH, Bauer HM, Hoover RN, et al. Epidemiologic evidence showing that human papillomavirus infection causes most cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. J Natl Cancer Inst 1993; 85:958-964. Millikan RC. Correspondence: Epidemiologic evidence showing that human papillomavirus infection causes most cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. J Natl Cancer Inst 1994, 86:392-393. |