Epidemiology for public health practice

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Epidemiology for public health practice

Robert H. Friis and Thomas A. Sellers

Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2014

5th ed

  • : pbk

Available at  / 5 libraries

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • 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

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