Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019954333X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is truly a vital field, central to the health of society, but it is often poorly understood, largely due to misrepresentations in the media. Saracci provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials, and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease. He also looks at the ethical and political issues related to obtaining and using information concerning patients, and trials involving placebos.. Rodolfo Saracci, provides a wealth of information on this key field, dispelling some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology, and explaining what epidemiology is and how vital it is to the discovery, control, and prevention of disease in world populations. Dr. Epidemiology plays an all-important role in many areas of medicine, from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to documenting the impact of diet, the environment, and exercise on general health, to tracking the origin and spread of new epidemics such as Swine Flu. In this Very Short Introduction, an internationally recognized authority on epidemiology, Dr
About the AuthorRodolfo Saracci, MD is Honorary Director of Research in Epidemiology at the Italian National Research Council at Pisa.
Lee by the Sea said Warning: Kindle version inferior to print version. Unfortunately this is one of those Kindle conversions that was ineptly done. Page numbers are not enabled. The Index has only page numbers, not even live jumps, so the Index is totally useless. Though the simpler graphs are usable, the more complex ones are not because their scale is so small that they are unreadable. And some of them are reproduced in light gray when their palettes could easily have been forced to black and white for readability. At l. Excellent short introduction Dana P. Loomis This little book is just what the title promises: a very short introduction. It lays out the essentials of epidemiology in a few brief, readable chapters. But unlike many books that try to present complex, academic ideas to a general readership, it is never sloppy or misleading. Although it doesn't treat any topic in depth or cover every aspect of the field, the great virtue of this book is that nothing it does cover needs to be corrected or explained . "An excellent cursory view of what epidemiology is, what it aims to do, and how it achieves those aims." according to A student of History. This VSI book describes epidemiology, its type of methods, its potential, and some of its limitations. Examples from real studies are used to demonstrate various aspects of epidemiology. Some of these examples include: smoking data and life expectancy, body indices, differences in life expectancy between sexes, and more. As a source of clarification regarding epidemiology it serves well, and as a source of entertainment it's not too shabby either.
Rodolfo Saracci, MD is Honorary Director of Research in Epidemiology at the Italian National Research Council at Pisa.