Applied Epidemiology: Theory to practice
Ross C. Brownson and Diana B. Petitti
Abstract
This book focuses on areas of public health practice in which the systematic application of epidemiologic methods can have a large and positive impact. It describes how best to apply traditional epidemiologic methods for determining disease etiology to “real-life” problems in public health and health services research. This book bridges the gap between theoretical epidemiology and public health practice, and covers a number of topics not addressed elsewhere. This edition contains a new chapter on the development and use of systematic reviews and one on epidemiology and the law. Each chapter in ... More
This book focuses on areas of public health practice in which the systematic application of epidemiologic methods can have a large and positive impact. It describes how best to apply traditional epidemiologic methods for determining disease etiology to “real-life” problems in public health and health services research. This book bridges the gap between theoretical epidemiology and public health practice, and covers a number of topics not addressed elsewhere. This edition contains a new chapter on the development and use of systematic reviews and one on epidemiology and the law. Each chapter includes one or more case studies intended to illustrate major points from the chapter and to provide a basis for teaching exercises. All of the chapters are authored by leading experts in the fields of epidemiology and public health, and all are fully revised and updated.
Keywords:
epidemiologic methods,
disease etiology,
theoretical epidemiology,
public health practice,
systematic reviews,
law
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195187410 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195187410.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Ross C. Brownson, editor
St. Louis School of Public Health
Diana B. Petitti, editor
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, California
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