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 | | Dictionary of Epidemiology by Miquel Porta ISBN-10: 9780195314502 ISBN-10: 0-19-531450-6 ISBN-13: 9780195314502 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531450-2 Paperback 2008-07-03 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description The new, completely revised, and updated edition of this classic text --sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA) and previously edited by John Last-- remains the definitive dictionary in epidemiology worldwide. In fact, with contributions from over 220 epidemiologists and other users of epidemiology from around the globe, it is more than a dictionary: it includes explanations and comments on both core epidemiologic terms and on other scientific terms relevant to all professionals in clinical medicine and public health, as well as to professionals in the other health, life, and social sciences. Anyone seeking clarity on epidemiologic and methodological definitions important to human health will find it here. On the eve of a field trip to a foreign land, a health scientist remarked that if he had to limit his professional library to one volume on epidemiology, this would be the book he would choose. | ||
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A clear and concise dictionary of epidemiological terms I purchased this dictionary while reading for my masters degree in public health and found myself using it on an almost daily basis, particularly when working on my thesis. As other reviewers have pointed out, many of the terms used by epidemiologists are still evolving, and this dictionary does a great job explaining their meanings in a clear manner. It also implicitly cautions against committing common errors found in the literature (for example, the term "rate" is often incorrectly used by epidemiologists to refer to proportions despite the fact that they contain no units of time). All students of epidemiology and public health should own this book. | ||
basic useful book is simple and easy to use. for basic use but not for advance applications of epidemiology. is not a book that makes a deep revicion of epidemiological terms but rather the most common and widely used in basic areas of epidemiology | ||
Excellent resource for epidemiologists In this world of Wikipedia, Google, and the like, you could think that a good old-fashioned dictionary is, well, out of fashion. Maybe. But Porta's updated edition of the classic Last's Dictionary of Epidemiology meets its main objective: serving as a reference for students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners in the field of epidemiology. The book includes a vast array of terms, many of them extremely current, in hot topics from genetics to environmental to social epidemiology. It offers different meanings and points of view for those terms that might have different interpretations, as well as the different terms referring to a particular concept. The book has benefited from the input from a vast array of epidemiologists, including leading figures in the field, working in different areas, and this is easily perceived. The reason why the book does not get a five-star rating is because, in this day and age, the ideal format for this work would be a website, which would allow frequent updates and, when necessary, the inclusion of new terms. Some kind of epidemiologic wikipedia, in short. Maybe for a next edition... | ||
excellent book for master's class in epidemiology It explains various defination in epidemiology with excellent explanation. Great source of help for my master's program in research. | ||
A new edition that incorporates the most recent developments in epidemiology The Dictionary of Epidemiology, sponsored by the International Epidemiology Association, is a 290-page book containing approximately 2600 definitions of words, acronyms and concepts used in epidemiology. It comprises a short reader guide on how best to use the Dictionary, and a reference section complemented by a bibliography. Compared to the four previous editions, the fifth edition incorporates the developments of epidemiologic activity over the last ten years: evidence-based medicine, genetic epidemiology, causal models and graphs. The Dictionary can be of interest to a wide audience of people, scientists or not, who either just discovered or are familiar with epidemiology. | ||