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 | | Epidemiology for Public Health Practice by Robert Friis, Thomas Sellers ISBN-10: 9780763751616 ISBN-10: 0-7637-5161-8 ISBN-13: 9780763751616 ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-5161-6 Paperback 2008-03-13 Jones & Bartlett Publishers Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Epidemiologic speculations and research findings increasingly blaze across media headlines and heighten anxiety among the public. Understanding the foundations of such news can be daunting. Now in its third edition, Epidemiology for Public Health Practice has become a favorite textbook for undergraduate and graduate students new to epidemiology by providing a comprehensive look at all major topics, from study designs and descriptive epidemiology, to quantitative measures and terminology. Distinguishing itself from other texts with its accessible writing style and immediacy of information presented, the Third Edition has been extensively revised, with updated data and statistics essential to understanding the importance of epidemiology to public health. | ||
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Great basic resource for beginning epidemiologists Great basic resource for beginning epidemiologists. Good use of examples, thorough explanations of skills used in the field of epidemiology. | ||
Incomplete Nothing on ME (CFS), a common and extremely disabling neuroendocrine immune disease known since the 1980s to be associated with multiple viral and bacterial infections including retrovirus infection and b cell lymphomas (and now, of course, associated with XMRV). The horrendous incompetence of NIH and CDC including the Epidemiology Intelligence Service (EIS) in bungling this pandemic is an instructive case study in what not to do (eg. don't ski the whole time when you are supposed to be investigating the Tahoe outbreak). For this fascinating story read Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic | ||
Epi for Public Health Practice It has been helpful explaining concepts discussed in class. Very easy to read, but academically sound. | ||
good text book for epidemiology Friis and Sellers's epidemiology book is a good one for beginers and for reveiwing basic stuffs for everybody. It is full of examples which make this book very friendly and easy to understand. | ||
Good basic reference for Epidemiology This was a purchase that I made in order to participate in a master's level epidemiology course. It was perfectly complex for those interested in, but not yet involved in the health fields. Not too complicated and jargon filled, not too simplified. It provided a well rounded background for the subject matter with many background/historical reports for further elucidation of this field. It also included a wide variety of graphs, lists, information sources, etc. that are of use to those in the public heath field. | ||