Epidemiology : principles and methods / Brian MacMahon and Thomas F. Pugh

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and Company, c1970Description: ix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 700001972
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA 651 .M33 1970
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room General Education GC RA 651 .M33 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004075

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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