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1 What is epidemiology? The nature, scope, variables, principal measures, and designs of a biological, clinical, social and ecological science; 2 The epidemiological concept of population; 3 Variation in disease by time, place, and person: Background and a framework for analysis of genetic and environmental effects; 4 Error, bias and confounding in epidemiology; 5 Cause and effect - The epidemiological approach; 6 Interrelated concepts in the epidemiology of disease: Natural history and incubation period, time trends in populations, spectrum, iceberg, and screening; 7 The concept of risk and fundamental measures of disease frequency: Incidence and prevalence; 8 Summarising, presenting and interpreting epidemiological data: building on incidence and prevalence; 9 Epidemiological study designs and principles of data analysis: A conceptually integrated suite of methods and techniques; 10 Epidemiology in the past, present and the future: Theory, ethics, context, and critical appraisal; Appendix 1: Possible curriculum for taught courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students and in continuing education; Appendix 2: Useful websites; Index

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