
A Dictionary of Epidemiology
Miquel Porta(Author)
Oxford University Press
7th Edition
Published on 30. April 2026
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-19-766362-2 (ISBN)
Description
An essential guidebook for students, scientists, clinicians, and public health professionals, critically updated and revised in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and newly emerging concepts in global public health.
This seventh edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology features new and updated definitions on a wide variety of concepts, including terms that proved essential during and after the COVID-19 pandemic as well as emerging concepts on statistics and research methods. Sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA), this book remains the essential reference for anyone studying or working in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, data sciences, or the growing number of health sciences in which epidemiologic skills are now required.
More than just a dictionary, this text is an essential guidebook to the state of the science. It offers the most current, authoritative definitions of terms central to biomedical and public health literature - with updated definitions on terms from airborne infection and syndemic to real world and target trial. As epidemiology continues to change and grow, A Dictionary of Epidemiology will remain its book of record.
This seventh edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology features new and updated definitions on a wide variety of concepts, including terms that proved essential during and after the COVID-19 pandemic as well as emerging concepts on statistics and research methods. Sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA), this book remains the essential reference for anyone studying or working in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, data sciences, or the growing number of health sciences in which epidemiologic skills are now required.
More than just a dictionary, this text is an essential guidebook to the state of the science. It offers the most current, authoritative definitions of terms central to biomedical and public health literature - with updated definitions on terms from airborne infection and syndemic to real world and target trial. As epidemiology continues to change and grow, A Dictionary of Epidemiology will remain its book of record.
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
57 figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
708 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-766362-2 (9780197663622)
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Miquel Porta is a physician, epidemiologist, and scholar from Barcelona who works on molecular, clinical and environmental epidemiology, and has promoted the integration of biological, clinical, and epidemiological knowledge internationally. He teaches and conducts research at several global institutions, mostly in the Americas and Europe.
Content
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About this Dictionary
- References