MacMahon, Brian <br/><br/>
Epidemiology :  principles and methods / 
Brian MacMahon and Thomas F. Pugh 
 - Boston, Massachusetts :  Little, Brown and Company,  c1970 
 - ix, 363 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Epidemiology -- 2. Concepts of cause -- 3. Strategies of Epidemiology -- 4. Classification of disease -- 5. Measures of disease frequency -- 6. Sources of data -- 7. Characteristics of persons -- 8. Place -- 9. Time -- 10. Some combinations of person, place, and time -- 11. Cohort studies -- 12. Case-control studies -- 13. Intervention studies -- 14. Genetics and epidemiology -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/> The objective of this book is to introduce the principles and methods of epidemiology, particularly as they are applied in the study of those chronic diseases for which preventive measures are now unknown or inadequate. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>700001972 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>EPIDEMIOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA 651 .M33 1970