The Development of Modern Epidemiology : Personal reports from those who were there

ISBN-13: 9780198569541 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 432 str.

Walter W. Holland; Jorn Olsen; Charles Du V. Florey

Opis

This book describes the evolution of epidemiology, its methods, concepts and application over the last 100 years. Current and future epidemiologists will find this book a useful and insightful record of the events that have shaped this discipline.

Recenzje

[The book] takes us, by clear steps, through the whole concept of what epidemiology is and what it has achieved, and what it can achieve... and as a whole it provides a detailed description of where epidemiology has got to now in 2007, and will serve as a guide to those now starting or already in the field, and a milestone for those who come after us and want to see what it was all about.

O autorze

Walter Holland is the former President of the International Epidemiological Association and the Faculty of Public Health Medicine. He was awarded the Europe et Medicine Prize by the Institute des Sciences de la Sante in 1994 and the Alwyn Smith Prize medal of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine in 1994. His major research interests have been in the epidemiology of chronic respiratory disease, blood pressure and the application of epidemiological principles to health services research. He has published widely, including editing the Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Jørn Olsen has published extensively in the field of Epidemiology. He has served as a member of the Governing Board of the International Association for Research on Cancer and as President elect of the International Epidemiological Association. Charles Florey has served on numerous UK and European research committees as a member and chairman. he was one of several original associate editors of the International Journal of Epidemiology, and was susequently editor. He has also been a member of many local health services committees.