A Dictionary of Epidemiology
Also available:
HardbackPrice:
$29.95 (05)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.Reviews
"This dictionary is a crucial addtion to any library or epidemiologist's bookshelf."--CHOICE
"...the Fifth Edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology is an important and welcome source of authoritative information. It will undoubtedly be widely consulted by students, health practitioners and researchers in a multitude of social sciences and health-related disciplines."--Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
"The Dictionary can be of interest to a wide audience of people, scientists or not, who either just discovered or are familiar with epidemiology. This short and handy dictionary is definitely a creative knowledge object."--Preventive Medicine
"This is an absolute mine of information... The reach of this book is enormous and I for one will always have it on the lowest of my book shelves within easy reach... This is an excellent way of refreshing, revising and reminding yourself when memory has faded a little. It is in short a ''must have'' for any serious epidemiologist or student of epidemiology.."--Public Health
"....a good first reference to arbitrate discussions of definition. New students found definitions from the book to be approachable and quite clear. Students further along in their studies appreciated the straightforward definitions."--American Journal of Epidemiology
"...an important and welcome source of authoritative information. It will undoubtedly be widely consulted by students, health practitioners and researchers in a multitude of social sciences and health-related disciplines."--Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
About the Author(s)
Edited by Miquel Porta, Professor and Head of the Clinical & Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica; Professor of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill