Handbook of Methodological Concepts in Perinatal Medicine
( Obstetrics and Gynecology Advances )
Publication series ：Obstetrics and Gynecology Advances
Author： Eyal Sheiner (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Soroka University Medical Center Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva Israel)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781620812594
Subject： R714.7 Perinatal medicine
Keyword： Pregnancy
Language： ENG
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Description
This book stems from the "Textbook of Perinatal Epidemiology" and was conceived to satisfy the rising need for epidemiology-oriented clinicians. This book discusses methodological issues in perinatal epidemiology in a straightforward accessible manner. It gives a clear and comprehensive set of tools for practical research, and understanding perinatal epidemiology. This is an essential manual for the clinician for research in Obstetrics / Gynaecology. This book focuses on definitions, measures of disease frequency, prevalence and incidence of disease, sensitivity and specificity of studies, including examples from the perinatal world. It also discusses study design: observational or experimental, case controlled, randomised etc.,