Methods of field epidemiology / Pia D. M. MacDonald.

Author
MacDonald, Pia D. M. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning ; [Washington, D.C.] : APHA Press, [2012], ©2012.
Description
xxiv, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction to outbreak investigations
    • Public health surveillance
    • Is a potential outbreak real?
    • Assembling and equipping an outbreak investigation team
    • Hypothesis generation and descriptive epidemiology
    • Epidemiological studies in outbreak investigations
    • Hypothesis-testing interviews
    • Data analysis
    • Writing an outbreak investigation report
    • The public health laboratory's role in field epidemiology and outbreak investigation
    • Environmental health components of an outbreak investigation
    • Investigating noninfectious health events in public health practice
    • Forensic epidemiology investigations
    • Geographic information systems for field epidemiology
    • Special considerations.
    ISBN
    • 9780763784591 (pbk.)
    • 0763784591 (pbk.)
    LCCN
    2011012723
    OCLC
    708544419
    RCP
    C - S
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