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Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter1 History and Scope of Epidemiology
Chapter2 Practical Applications of Epidemiology
Chapter3 Measures of Morbidity and Morality Used in Epidemiology
Chapter4 Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, Time
Chapter5 Sources of Data for Use in Epidemiology
Chapter6 Study Designs: Ecologic, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control
Chapter7 Study Designs: Cohort Studies
Chapter8 Experimental Study Designs
Chapter9 Measures of Effect
Chapter10 Data Interpretation Issues
Chapter11 Screening for Disease in the Community
Chapter12 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Chapter13 Epidemiologic Aspects of Work and the Environment
Chapter14 Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
Chapter15 Social, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Epidemiology
Chapter16 Epidemiology as a Profession
Appendix A Guide to the Critical Appraisal of an Epidemiologic/Public Health Research Article
Appendix B Answers to Selected Study Questions