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Description

Now in its Fifth Edition, this best-selling text offers comprehensive coverage of all the major topics in introductory epidemiology. With extensive treatment of the heart of epidemiology—from study designs to descriptive epidemiology to quantitative measures—this reader-friendly text is accessible and interesting to a wide range of beginning students in all health-related disciplines. A unique focus is given to real-world applications of epidemiology and the development of skills that students can apply in subsequent course work and in the field.

The Fifth Edition is a thorough revision with updated data throughout including: the top 10 leading causes of death, motor vehicle traffic death rates, mortality ratios, infant mortality rates, cancer deaths rates, tuberculosis incidence, life expectancy, incidence of AIDS, breast cancer death rates, tobacco consumption, dementia, suicide rates, unintentional injuries and much more.

Table of Contents

New to This Edition
Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 History and Scope of Epidemiology
Chapter 2 Practical Applications of Epidemiology
Chapter 3 Measures of Morbidity and Morality Used in Epidemiology
Chapter 4 Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, Time
Chapter 5 Sources of Data for Use in Epidemiology
Chapter 6 Study Designs: Ecologic, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control
Chapter 7 Study Designs: Cohort Studies
Chapter 8 Experimental Study Designs
Chapter 9 Measures of Effect
Chapter 10 Data Interpretation Issues
Chapter 11 Screening for Disease in the Community
Chapter 12 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Chapter 13 Epidemiologic Aspects of Work and the Environment
Chapter 14 Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
Chapter 15 Social, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Epidemiology
Chapter 16 Epidemiology as a Profession
Appendix A Guide to the Critical Appraisal of an Epidemiologic/Public Health Research Article
Appendix B Answers to Selected Study Questions
Glossary

About the Authors

Robert H. Friis, PhD, Professor, Chair, Department of Health Science - California State University, Long Beach
Thomas Sellers, PhD, MPH, Associate Center Director, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Florida