Research in medical epidemiology

[boanssi]

Hello,

 

I'm going to get engaged in this field of research soon, but my knowledge base is poor. Could you recommend me a decent textbook?

 

 

Thank you.

[bluetedbear]

Hello,

 

I'm going to get engaged in this field of research soon, but my knowledge base is poor. Could you recommend me a decent textbook?

 

 

Thank you.

 

check out Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice by Gordan Guyatt (he coined the term evidence-based medicine)

[mala]

http://www.amazon.com/Epidemiology-4th-Edition-Leon-Gordis/dp/1416040021

 

This is a good overview of epidemiological methods - easy to read.