Epidemiology for the uninitiated
Epidemiology for the uninitiated
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed.
Like the clinical findings and pathology, the epidemiology of a disease is an integral part of its basic description. The subject has its special techniques of data collection and interpretation, and its necessary jargon for technical terms. This short book aims to provide an ABC of the epidemiological approach, its terminology, and its methods. Our only assumption will be that readers already believe that epidemiological questions are worth answering. This introduction will indicate some of the distinctive characteristics of the epidemiological approach.
978-0-7279-1604-4
Coggon, D.
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Rose, G.
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Barker, D.J.P.
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May 2003
Coggon, D.
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Rose, G.
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Barker, D.J.P.
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Coggon, D., Rose, G. and Barker, D.J.P.
(2003)
Epidemiology for the uninitiated
,
London, GB.
BMJ Group, 80pp.
Abstract
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed.
Like the clinical findings and pathology, the epidemiology of a disease is an integral part of its basic description. The subject has its special techniques of data collection and interpretation, and its necessary jargon for technical terms. This short book aims to provide an ABC of the epidemiological approach, its terminology, and its methods. Our only assumption will be that readers already believe that epidemiological questions are worth answering. This introduction will indicate some of the distinctive characteristics of the epidemiological approach.
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Published date: May 2003
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ISBN: 978-0-7279-1604-4
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