Clinical Epidemiology : Practice and Methods - Parfrey, Patrick; Barrett, Brendan; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2009)
On Framing the Research Question and Choosing the Appropriate Research Design -- Longitudinal Studies and Determination of Risk -- Modeling Longitudinal Data, I: Principles of Multivariate Analysis -- Modeling Longitudinal Data, II: Standard Regression Models and Extensions -- The Design of Randomized Controlled Trials -- Analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials -- Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests -- Biomarkers and Surrogates in Clinical Studies -- Measurement and Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes -- Bias in Clinical Studies of Genetic Diseases -- Genetic Epidemiology of Complex Phenotypes -- Qualitative Research in Clinical Epidemiology -- Primer on Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- The Role of Health Economics within Clinical Research -- Development and Limitations of Clinical Practice Guidelines -- Basics of Health Technology Assessment -- Research Ethics for Clinical Researchers -- Budgeting, Funding and Managing Clinical Research Projects.
Keywords: Molecular biology; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Molecular Medicine; Epidemiology; Biostatistics