Epidemiology for public health practice

Friis, RH.

Epidemiology for public health practice Robert H. Friis, Thomas A. Sellers. - 5th ed. - Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2014. - xxiv, 804 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and scope of epidemiology -- Practical applications of epidemiology -- Measures of morbidity and mortality -- Descriptive epidemiology : person, place, time -- Sources of data for use in epidemiology -- Study designs : ecologic, cross-sectional, case-control -- Study designs : cohort studies -- Experimental study designs -- Measures of effect -- Data interpretation issues -- Screening for disease in the community -- Epidemiology of infectious diseases -- Epidemiologic aspects of work and the environment -- Molecular and genetic epidemiology -- Social, behavioral, and psychosocial epidemiology -- Epidemiology as a profession.

9781449651589 (pbk.) 9781449665494


Public Health--Epidemiology
Preventive Medicine

WA105 / F63

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