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References:
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1. Lee, E.T. (2013). Statistical methods for survival data analysis. 2 edition. John Wiley.
2. Miller, R.G. (1998). Survival analysis. John Wiley.
3. Hosmer, D.W., Lemershow, S and May, S. (2011) Applied Survival Analysis: Regression
Modeling of Time to Event Data, John Wiley.
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4. Collett, D. (2003) Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research, 2 edition, Chapman and
Hall.

SQB7021 Epidemiology Modelling

Measures of disease frequency and risk. Assess strengths and limitation of different sources of
epidemiology data.

Principles of study design: cross-sectional, cohort, case-control and intervention studies.
Interpretation of epidemiology studies; causality, random errors, bias, confounding.

Regression methods for case-control studies. Unconditional and conditional logistic regression.
Regression methods for cohort studies. Issues in the case-control and cohort studies.

Evaluating published papers on epidemiology studies.

Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment 50%
Final Examination 50%

Medium of Instruction:
English

Transferable Skills:
-

Humanity Skill:
CS6, CT5, EM3

References:
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1. Rothman, K.J. (2012) Epidemiology: An Introduction, 2 Ed., Oxford University Press.
2. Susan, C. (2007). An Introduction to public health and epidemiology. Open University Press.
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3. Merrill R. M. (2010). Introduction to epidemiology, 5 Ed. Jones and Bartlett Publisher.
4. Hebel J. R. and McCarter R.J. (2006). Study guide to epidemiology and biostatistics, Jones
and Bartlett Publisher.

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