Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

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Epidemiology for Public Health Practice is a best-selling text offering comprehensive coverage of all the major topics in introductory epidemiology and alignment to the core competencies in epidemiology for graduate and undergraduate courses. With extensive treatment of the heart of epidemiology-fro...

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Main Author: Friis, Robert H. (Author)
Other Authors: Sellers, Thomas A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, United States Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc 2021
Edition:sixth edition
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Public Health
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Table of Contents:
  • History and scope of epidemiology
  • Practical applications of epidemiology
  • Measures of morbidity and mortality used in epidemiology
  • 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 psychological epidemiology
  • Epidemiology as a profession
  • Epidemiology and health policy.

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