An Introduction to EpidemiologyThis text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students can also serve as a reference for epidemiologists working in the field, industrial hygienists, infectious disease nurses, and staff epidemiologists. Coverage progresses from foundations, disease concepts, and epidemiological measures of heal |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
Modes of Disease Transmission | 9 |
The Advanced Triangle of Epidemiology | 15 |
Conclusion | 21 |
Selected Historical Developments of Epidemiology | 71 |
Time Place and Person | 169 |
Epidemiology Vital Statistics and Health Status Indicators | 171 |
Chapter 7 | 203 |
References | 335 |
Chapter 11 | 373 |
Chapter 12 | 391 |
Chronic Disease Behaviorally Caused and Noncommunicable Disease | 403 |
A Hallmark of Epidemiology | 410 |
Appendix I | 417 |
Case Study No II Working through a Foodborne Illness Epidemic | 443 |
Case Study No III CommonSource Outbreak of Waterborne Shigellosis | 451 |
Central Tendency | 211 |
Rates Ratios and Proportions in Epidemiology | 220 |
Time Clustering | 287 |
Maps and SpotDot Maps in Epidemiology | 296 |
Use of Building Maps in Epidemiology | 306 |
Zoonosis | 313 |
Family Structure and Genealogical Research | 328 |
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