Clinical epidemiology : how to do clinical practice research / R. Brian Haynes ... [et al.]. - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006. - xv, 496 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references.

Forming research questions -- Conducting systematic reviews -- Finding information about the burden of disease -- An introduction to performing therapeutic trials -- The tactics of performing therapeutic trials -- The principles behind the tactics of performing therapeutic trials -- Performing quality improvement studies -- Evaluating diagnostic tests -- Determining prognosis and creating clinical decision rules -- Assessing claims of causation -- Generating measurements, especially for the quality of life -- Becoming a successful clinician-investigator -- Preparing a research protocol to improve its chances for success -- Collecting data online -- Analyzing data -- Preparing reports for publication and responding to reviewers' comments -- Dealing with the media.

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Clinical epidemiology.
Medicine--Research--Epidemiology.
Biomedical Research--methods.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Research Design.

RA652 / .C45 2006

614.4

WA 950 / C6413 2006