NEW: Starting 12/15/2009, this book is available with a new Student Study Guide at no additional cost.
With all new review questions for each chapter, additional essay questions, and 12 new appendices, the new Student Study Guide is an excellent way to further enhance student learning. Order ISBN 978-0-7637-8968-8. Contact your publisher's representative to learn more.
From authors Friis and Sellers comes the Fourth Edition of this best-selling introduction to epidemiology: Epidemiology for Public Health Practice. In clear and accessible language, this comprehensive text will introduce your students to the most important and timely issues in epidemiology today.
New to this edition:
- Information on new disease outbreaks:
- E. coli in spinach
- Avian influenza
- XDR TB
- Expanded coverage of the history of epidemiology
- New coverage of the natural history of disease
- Updated coverage of morbidity and mortality data throughout the text
- Method for rate adjustment updated to the 2000 standard population
- New information on health disparities, including the Hispanic mortality paradox
- Updated information on data sources including notifiable diseases
- Additional statistical measures provided, e.g., measures of life expectancy
- New coverage of models of causality
- New chapter on professional issues in epidemiology
- Exciting new figures, tables, and exhibits provided throughout
- Additional exercises and study questions
Visit the Companion Website for the comprehensive resource package including:
For Instructors: For Students:
• Sample Syllabus • Review Questions
• Lecture Outlines • Web Links
• PowerPoints • Flash Cards
• Test Bank
• New to This Edition
