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008			091009s2010 enkabc b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780199543335 _q(pbk.)
040			_aUCULIB _cUCULIB
082	0	4	_a614.4 _222 _bSAR
100	1		_aSaracci, Rodolfo, _d1936-
245	1	0	_aEpidemiology : _ba very short introduction / _cRodolfo Saracci.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _cc2010.
300			_axiv, 145 p. : _bill., maps, portraits ; _c18 cm.
490	0		_aVery short introductions ; _v224
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aWhat is epidemiology? -- Measuring health and disease -- Searching for the causes of disease -- Establishing the causes of a disease -- Testing how to control a disease -- Following up people's health -- Investigating people's past experiences -- Mapping health and disease -- From epidemiology to medicine, prevention, and public health -- Epidemiology between ethics and politics
520			_a"What is epidemiology? How can we trace the causes of a disease, or tell when a pandemic has begun? ... Saracci provides an insight into the logic and methods of epidemiology to show the value of investigating health and disease in human populations. He explains basic statistical concepts necessary for planning and analyzing epidemiological studies, and dispels common misunderstandings abouth their interpretation, looking not only at their ethical and political implications, but on public health as a whole"--Publisher description
650		0	_aEpidemiology _99895
650		0	_aEpidemiologic Methods _98879
655		4	_aEinf©ơhrung
655		7	_aEinf©ơhrung. _2swd
830		0	_aVery short introductions ; _v224
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999			_c64817 _d64816