Contributions

  • Lilienfeld, David E., joint author. - Contributor

Publication

1980 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

93,750 words, Guess

Page Count

375 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivefoundationsofepi0000lili
  • ISBN-10019502723X
  • ISBN-100195027221
  • ISBN-139780195027235
  • ISBN-139780195027228
and 6 more
  • Goodreads3470748
  • LibraryThing550442
  • Library of Congress Control Number80011840
  • OCLC Control Number6086297
  • Better World Books9780195027235
  • Open LibraryOL4097543M

Classifications

  • DDC614.4
  • LCCRA651 .L54 1980
  • LCCRA651

Description

"The purpose of this book is to present the concepts and methods of epidemiology as they are applied to a variety of disease problems ... Emphasis is placed on the integration of biological and statistical elements in the sequence of epidemiologic reasoning that derives inferences about the etiology of disease from population data ... This book has been designed as a text for introductory courses in epidemiology ..." Four sections focus on mortality and morbidity and cover topics including mortality statistics and measurement; classification of cause of death; epidemiological studies of morbidity and mortality; mortality distribution in populations; morbidity statistics, measurement, and surveys; and record linkage. Sets of study problems are included in these chapters. (Excerpt).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Foundations of epidemiologyOxford University Press1980-01-01

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