
A Dictionary of Epidemiology
Miquel Porta(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
6th Edition
Published on 7. August 2014
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-0-19-997672-0 (ISBN)
Description
This sixth edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology -- the most updated since its inception -- reflects the profound substantive and methodological changes that have come to characterize epidemiology and its associated disciplines. Sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association, this book remains the essential reference for anyone studying or working in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, or the growing number health sciences in which epidemiologic competency is 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 -- everything from confounding and incidence rate to epigenetic inheritance and Number Needed to Treat. As epidemiology continues to change and grow, A Dictionary of Epidemiology will remain its book of record.
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 -- everything from confounding and incidence rate to epigenetic inheritance and Number Needed to Treat. As epidemiology continues to change and grow, A Dictionary of Epidemiology will remain its book of record.
Reviews / Votes
This book is no doubt well known to medical epidemiologists, but there is also much in it for plant pathologists, statisticians and general biologists. * John Goodier, Consultant, Goldhawk Information, London, UK Science and Technology *More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
797 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-997672-0 (9780199976720)
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Person
Miquel Porta is a physician, epidemiologist and scholar from Barcelona who pioneered clinical and molecular epidemiology in Europe and has promoted the integration of biological, clinical, environmental, and social knowledge and methods in research and teaching worldwide. Porta has served as a visiting scientist at many global institutions, including the University of North Carolina, Harvard, and Imperial College London, and was Chairman of the European Epidemiology Federation.
Author
Professor and Senior ScientistProfessor and Senior Scientist, Hospital del Mar IMIM Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Content
Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; About this Dictionary ; References