Epidemiology for public health practice
Material type: TextPublication details: Sudbury, MA Jones & Bartlett Publishers 2009Edition: 4th edDescription: xxii, 717pISBN:- 978-0-7637-5161-6
- WA 105 .F75 2009
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Book | AMREF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (AMIU) LIBRARY | WA 105 .F75 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 14369 |
Gives a definition of epidemiology and provides a historical background for the discipline and focuses on four content areas in epidemiolgy namely; infectious diseases, occupational and environmental health, molecular and and genetic epidemiology, and physiological epidemilogy. Presents information on the areas of methodolgy, causality, and chonic and infectious disease investigation. Provides examples of practical applications of epidemiology as well as a discussion of causal inference and also addresses measures of morbidity and mortality .
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