Epidemiology for Dummies
- ISBN-10
- 1118747216
- ISBN-13
- 9781118747216
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-10-30
- Author
- Mitra
Description
Epidemiology is the study of factors that affect the health and illness of populations. Epidemiology students determine risk factors for disease transmission and outbreaks, and figure out ways to prevent outbreaks from spreading or occurring again. Introductory epidemiology is most commonly taken by students of public health, medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine, agriculture studies, and the biological sciences. Epidemiology For Dummies tracks to a typical introductory epidemiology course at the undergraduate or graduate level, and will include: History, philosophy, and uses of epidemiology The relationship between data and disease, and how it should be analyzed How to generate hypotheses Association and causation Outbreak investigation Types of epidemiologic studies Public health policy Global examples of epidemiologic studies Online review questions
