Textbook
An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals
Springer Series on Epidemiology and Health, Springer
2010
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1497-2
Abstract
Who gets sick? What factors—genetic, environmental, social—contribute to their illness?
Easy enough to ask, but the answers are becoming increasingly complicated. Today, as the public worries about emerging diseases and the word epidemic is part of the general discussion, epidemiology should be a basic component of medical training, yet often it is undertaught or even neglected. Concise and readable while also rigorous and thorough, An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals goes beyond standard textbook content to ground the reader in scientific methods most relevant to the current health landscape and the evolution of evidence-based medicine—valuable keys to better understanding of disease process, effective prevention, and targeted treatment. This volume:
Presents material accessibly for readers who may have not studied epidemiology.
Focuses equally in descriptive and analytic branches of epidemiology.
Demonstrates applications of descriptive and analytic methods in public health, genetic epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.
Includes a "Sources of Error" section addressing problems in inference and decision-making, selection bias, and other common pitfalls.
In addition to its usefulness for graduate students in public health and medical students in clinical epidemiology, An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals is a timely reference for practitioners needing a refresher in this important discipline.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals
- Creators
- Jorn Olsen - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Publ Hlth, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USAKaare Christensen - Univ So Denmark, Inst Publ Hlth, DK-5000 Odense C, DenmarkJeff Murray - Univ Iowa, Dept Pediat, MedLabs 2182, Iowa City, IA 52245 USAAnders Ekbom - Karolinska Institutet
- Resource Type
- Textbook
- Series
- Springer Series on Epidemiology and Health
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-1497-2
- ISBN
- 9781441914965; 144191496X; 1441914978
- eISBN
- 1441914978
- ISSN
- 1869-7933
- Publisher
- Springer; New York
- Number of pages
- xii, 163 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Pediatric Dentistry; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9985075322702771
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