Epidemiology For Public Health Practice - 4th edition

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Ch. 1 The History and Scope of Epidemiology 1
Ch. 2 Practical Applications of Epidemiology 45
Ch. 3 Measures of Morbidity and Mortality Used in Epidemiology 87
Ch. 4 Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, Time 127
Ch. 5 Sources of Data for Use in Epidemiology 179
Ch. 6 Study Designs: Ecologic, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control 213
Ch. 7 Study Designs: Cohort Studies 253
Ch. 8 Experimental Study Designs 295
Ch. 9 Measures of Effect 327
Ch. 10 Data Interpretation Issues 345
Ch. 11 Screening for Disease in the Community 369
Ch. 12 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 397
Ch. 13 Epidemiologic Aspects of Work and the Environment 445
Ch. 14 Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology 475
Ch. 15 Psychologic, Behavioral, and Social Epidemiology 513
App. A Guide to the Critical Appraisal on an Epidemiologic/Public Health Research Article 551
App. B: Answers to Selected Study Questions 557
Glossary 567
Index 585

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