000			01997cam a22002298i 4500
008			190617s2021 mau b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781284170702
041			_aeng
080			_a614 _bMER
100	1		_aMerrill, Ray M.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to Epidemiology
250			_a8 Ed.
260			_aBurlington _bJones & Bartlet Learing _c2021
300			_axii, 348p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (325 - 336) and index.
505	0		_aFoundations of Epidemiology -- Historic Developments in Epidemiology -- Practical Disease Concepts in Epidemiology -- Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Descriptive Epidemiology -- Descriptive Epidemiology According to Person, Place, and Time -- General Health and Population Indicators -- Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Analytic Epidemiology -- Experimental Studies in Epidemiology -- Causality -- Field Epidemiology -- Chronic Disease Epidemiology -- Clinical Epidemiology
520			_a"Introduction to Epidemiology, Eighth Edition is a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to this exciting field. Designed for students with minimal training in the biomedical sciences and statistics, this full-color text emphasizes the application of the basic principles of epidemiology according to person, place, and time factors in order to solve current, often unexpected, and serious public health problems. Students will learn how to identify and describe public health problems, formulate research hypotheses, select appropriate research study designs, manage and analyze epidemiologic data, interpret results, and apply results in preventing and controlling disease and health-related events. With real-world examples in the form of case studies and news files in each chapter, Introduction to Epidemiology is an accessible, timely, and effective approach to learning epidemiology"--
650	1	2	_aEpidemiologic Methods
650	2	2	_aEpidemiology
690			_aComputational Biology
942			_cBK
999			_c60161 _d60161