Raj S. Bhopal (Alexander Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public H

Broschiertes Buch

Concepts of Epidemiology

Integrating the Ideas, Theories, Principles, and Methods of Epidemiology

Beschreibung

Describes and illustrates epidemiology and its applications to policy making, health service planning, and health promotion. The book emphasises interactive learning, with each chapter including learning objectives, theoretical and numerical exercises, questions and answers, and a summary.

Autor

Raj Bhopal is currently Emeritus Professor of Public Health at The University of Edinburgh. His books are Concepts of Epidemiology, Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes; Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide; and Migration, Ethnicity, race and Health. His academic publications include about 350 journal articles, on topics including Legionnaires' disease, primary care epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, ethnicity and health and the pandemic of COVID-19. He is currently focusing on ethnic variations in disease, with a special emphasis on how to respond to this knowledge with more effective public health interventions and clinical services. As Chairman of the Executive Committees he was leader of the first World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health 2018. Raj Bhopal was appointed CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2001.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 169mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780198739685
• ISBN-10: 0198739680
• Artikelnr.: 45984306