Friis, Robert H.

Epidemiology for public health practice / Robert H. Friis and Thomas A. Sellers. - 4th ed. - Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2008 - xxii, 717 p. : ill. ; 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.


eng.

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Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Public Health.

614.4 FRI