Overview
- It is the first book edited on Rare Diseases Epidemiology Develops a comprehensive approach to the rare diseases epidemiological problems Teach the best knowledge currently available Opens future perspectives for health planning and decision making Provides a general framework for physicians, public health experts and
- basic researchers
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 686)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Rare Diseases
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Methods and Approaches
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Pharmacoepidemiology
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Economics and Social Epidemiology
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Reviews
From the reviews:
“It covers the common components of epidemiology and its collaborating disciplines to demonstrate the concepts, methods, and examples of the epidemiology of rare diseases. … it is a useful resource for epidemiologists, the book can be used by other researchers and by funding agencies, foundations, and policy makers. … This is an important state-of-the-art book in rare disease epidemiology. … an extremely important contribution to the field and will be a useful reference in several disciplines.” (James C. Torner, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2011)
“The book is very well written, and deals with its subject delineated above comprehensively. … the amount of information presented is very impressive. The multitude of the data presented in the reviewed work make it indispensable for anyone potentially active in the field of the rare diseases … . this volume will remain the major reference book for quite some time, and highly recommend it to the healthcare planners, general practitioners and those specializing in the field of the rare diseases … .” (K. Pagava and I. Paghava, Georgian Medical News, Vol. 193 (4), 2011)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rare Diseases Epidemiology
Editors: Manuel Posada de la Paz, Stephen C. Groft
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9485-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 542
Topics: Epidemiology, Human Genetics, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention