Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology (Oxford medical publications) [Hardcover]

Barrie M. Margetts (Editor), Michael Nelson (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Oxford medical publications | Publication Date: November 14, 1991

This book focuses on the key issues of design and analysis in studies which aim to relate measures of nutritional exposure to disease outcome. The first section discusses how to identify the appropriate measures of exposure and outcome in order to formulate a clear research hypothesis, including the question of power and sample size. This is followed by a detailed discussion of how to measure the exposures and outcomes with a desired degree of accuracy. Particular emphasis is placed on the identification of measurement error and confounding factors, and how to cope with their influence on the observed relationships. The final section addresses the problem of design and interpretation that arise in epidemiological studies - ecological, case control, cohort, and experimental - which include measures of nutritional exposure. The need for this book arises because of the complexity of nutritional exposures. By learning how to identify relevant measures of nutritional exposure and measure them correctly in epidemiological studies, we improve our ability to assess the role of nutrition in disease etiology.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... a valuable addition to the burgeoning field of nutritional epidemiology. ... a valuable resource for epidemiologists who lack a strong background in nutrition and would be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in nutritional epidemiology." Chronic Diseases in Canada (vol.18, no. 4, 1997)

" This book succeeds in combining fundamental epidemiological principles with the measurement tools and outcomes unique to nutritional epidemiology. ... well-written and solid textbook of nutritional epidemiology." RCPSC vol.30, no.8, Dec 1997 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Barrie Margetts is at Institute of Public Health Medicine, University of Southampton. Michael Nelson is at Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 14, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192618733
• ISBN-13: 978-0192618733
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,605,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book with basic practical information, March 26, 2000

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This review is from: Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology (Paperback)

this book has good information for the design of a nutritioal epidemiologic study but it is more basic than Willett's Nutritional Epidemiology and is not as comprehensive. Contains more information on the practice of collecting information and some on basic epidemiology. If you already know epidemiology fairly well then you may want to opt for Willett's book, but if you are newer to the field or want more choices, this is probably a good book for you.