Field Epidemiology / Edition 3

Field Epidemiology / Edition 3

by Michael Gregg
ISBN-10:
0195313801
ISBN-13:
9780195313802
Pub. Date:
07/15/2008
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195313801
ISBN-13:
9780195313802
Pub. Date:
07/15/2008
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Field Epidemiology / Edition 3

Field Epidemiology / Edition 3

by Michael Gregg
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Overview

The new edition of this classic text continues its mission of describing the application of basic epidemiologic principles in real time, place, and person to solve problems of an urgent or emergency nature. Based on decades of experience in both infectious and noninfectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this book describes in clear and practical terms the distinct approach, tasks, and actions needed for successful field investigations. Guidance is given on such issues as how to perform surveillance, manage and execute field investigatins, collect and analyze data, perform surveys, adapt a personal computer for field use, and communicate the findings. Specific advice is also given on such subjects as dealing with the media; investigations in health care, day care, and international settings; and the legal aspects of field studies. An entire chapter covers the proper collection, handling, and testing of infectious and noninfectious agents in the field. This edition contains new chapters on environmental investigations and immunization practices for the field epidemiologist. The boko is based both on science and experience. It deals with real problems, real places, and real people: nature's experiment rather than carefully designed studies in a laboratory or clinical setting. So, in the lexicon of the epidemiologist, the book addresses issues relating to observational- not experimental- epidemiology.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195313802
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 07/15/2008
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 592
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Michael B. Gregg, M.D., was Director of the Viral Disease Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for ten years. He served as Editor of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for twenty-one years and was Deputy Director of the Epidmeiology Program Office at the CDC for nineteen years. In addition, he is the author of over eighty articles and collaborative reports in the field of epidemiology and public health.
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