Section outline

  • Lecture: Epidemiologic methods in aging

    Risk factors for disease in the elderly; competing risk/role of selective survival; age/period/cohort effects; measurement difficulties (e.g., due to physical, cognitive or sensory impairments)

    Q: What is the likely effect on risk estimates for CVD in people over 80 of a major flu epidemic that occurred when they were 30?

    Faculty:   Mary Haan

    Location:  Mission Hall 1105

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