Epidemiology for public health practice /
Robert H. Friis and Thomas A. Sellers.
- 5th ed.
- Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2014.
- xxiv, 804 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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.
9781449665494 9781449651589 (pbk.)
2012039130
Epidemiology. Epidemiologic Methods. Public Health.