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Author Friis, Robert H.

Title Epidemiology 101 / Robert H. Friis
Published Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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 MELB  614.4 Fri/Eoh  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Series Essential public health series
Essential public health.
Contents History, philosophy, and uses of epidemiology -- Epidemiologic measurements used to describe disease occurrence -- Data and additional measures of disease occurrence -- Descriptive epidemiology : patterns of disease-person, place, time -- Associations and causality -- Analytic epidemiology : types of study designs -- Epidemiology and the policy arena -- Infectious diseases and outbreak investigation -- Social and behavioral epidemiology -- Special epidemiologic applications
Summary A number of colleges and universities call for an epidemiologic content into liberal arts programs. This title is designed to meet the needs of instructors teaching an overview or introductory course in epidemiology. In an easy read and understandable format, the text demonstrates applied approaches in normal and specific health outcomes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
LC no. 2008041624
ISBN 9780763754433 paperback
0763754439 paperback
Other Titles Epidemiology one hundred and one
Epidemiology one hundred one