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A History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

An authoritative collection of contributions which first appeared in "SPM International Journal of Public Health", 2001. The papers focus on the historical emergence of current epidemiological methods and their relative importance at different points in time: they present the design of prospective and retrospective studies, and the concepts of bias, confounding, and interaction. This compilation of articles is complemented by an introduction and comments by Prof. Alfredo Morabia.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
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• Größe: 41.72MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Alfredo Morabia, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Basel
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783034876032
• Artikelnr.: 53133244

Rezensionen

"Morabia's essay is fascinating. He is one of the very few practicing epidemiologists with a deep interest in the history of epidemiologic methods. The particular combination of his interests gives a special credibility to his essay, which describes how epidemiologic thinking has developed from the 18^th century around two key ideas: concepts concerned with populations and group comparisons - the hallmarks of modern epidemiology." -- Bulletin of the World Health Organisation

"Morabia's approach is didactic, combining historical snippets with lessons on epidemiology. (American Journal of Epidemiology
...one of those few books whose reading is 'pleasantly unavoidable'... Very likely to become one of the most important epidemiological books published in the present decade." -- European Epidemiology Federation

"Morabia's approach is not only highly educational, but also a gripping read and should fascinate everybody who is concerned with epidemiology, public health, or history of medicine. Furthermore, this book will certainly be inevitable for teachers and students of public health since it offers a great variety of educational material for courses in medicine and epidemiology. Taken together, this book is highly valuable and will hopefully soon become a modern classic." -- Biometrics

Morabia's essay is fascinating. He is one of the very few practicing epidemiologists with a deep interest in the history of epidemiologic methods. The particular combination of his interests gives a special credibility to his essay, which describes how epidemiologic thinking has developed from the 18th century around two key ideas: concepts concerned with populations and group comparisons - the hallmarks of modern epidemiology. (Bulletin of the World Health Organisation)

Morabia's approach is didactic, combining historical snippets with lessons on epidemiology. (American Journal of Epidemiology)

...one of those few books whose reading is 'pleasantly unavoidable'... Very likely to become one of the most important epidemiological books published in the present decade. (European Epidemiology Federation)

Morabia's approach is not only highly educational, but also a gripping read and should fascinate everybody who is concerned with epidemiology, public health, or history of medicine. Furthermore, this book will certainly be inevitable for teachers and students of public health since it offers a great variety of educational material for courses in medicine and epidemiology. Taken together, this book is highly valuable and will hopefully soon become a modern classic. (Biometrics)