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Teaching code

4S000206

Credits

2

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-S/02 - STATISTICS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Period

TERP ROV 2^ ANNO - 2^ SEMESTRE dal Mar 11, 2019 al May 17, 2019.

Location

ROVERETO

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Learning outcomes

Fundamentals of epidemiology to help students in evaluating disease frequency data.

Program

Descriptive epidemiology. Epidemiological studies: cross-sectional, case-control, longitudinal. Prevalence and incidence. Standardization. Measures of association. Confounding. Probability and odds. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values. The psychiatric case register.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Valsecchi MG, La Vecchia C Epidemiologia e metodologia epidemiologica clinica Accademia Nazionale in Medicina, Genova: Forum Service Editore 1999

Examination Methods

Written examination

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