Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1 – Basic Study Designs in Analytical Epidemiology

Part II: Measures of Disease Occurrence and Association

Chapter 2 – Measuring Disease Occurrence

Chapter 3 – Measuring Associations Between Exposures and Outcomes

Part III: Threats to Validity and Issues of Interpretation

Chapter 4 – Understanding Lack of Validity Bias

Chapter 5 – Identifying Noncausal Associations: Confounding

Chapter 6 – Defining and Assessing Heterogeneity of Effects: Interaction

Part IV: Dealing with Threats to Validity

Chapter 7 – Stratification and Adjustment: Multivariate Analysis in Epidemiology

Chapter 8 – Quality Assurance and Control

Part V: Issues of Reporting and Application of Epidemiologic Results

Chapter 9 – Communicating Results of Epidemiologic Studies

Chapter 10 – Epidemiologic Issues in the Interface with Public Health Policy