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Epidemiology : a very short introduction / Rodolfo Saracci.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 224.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 145 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191572821
  • 0191572829
  • 9780191777257
  • 0191777250
  • 9780191609244
  • 0191609242
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Epidemiology.DDC classification:
  • 614.4 22
LOC classification:
  • RA651 .S27 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • 2010 D-408
  • WA 105
Other classification:
  • XF 4200
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 What is epidemiology?; 2 Measuring health and disease; 3 Searching for the causes of disease; 4 Establishing the causes of a disease; 5 Testing how to control a disease; 6 Following up people's health; 7 Investigating people's past experiences; 8 Mapping health and disease; 9 From epidemiology to medicine, prevention, and public health; 10 Epidemiology between ethics and politics; References; Further reading; Index.
Summary: Rodolfo Saracci dispels some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology. He provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index.

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Rodolfo Saracci dispels some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology. He provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease.

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 What is epidemiology?; 2 Measuring health and disease; 3 Searching for the causes of disease; 4 Establishing the causes of a disease; 5 Testing how to control a disease; 6 Following up people's health; 7 Investigating people's past experiences; 8 Mapping health and disease; 9 From epidemiology to medicine, prevention, and public health; 10 Epidemiology between ethics and politics; References; Further reading; Index.

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