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Epidemiology

Key to Prevention

  • Covers in a comprehensive fashion infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology
  • Offers a completely unified and coherent approach to epidemiology
  • Presents case studies for the Vietnamese Health infrastructure and culture

Part of the book series: Statistics for Biology and Health (SBH)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. The Idea of Epidemiology

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 1-10
  3. Uses and Applications of Epidemiology

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 11-18
  4. Some Case Studies and Situation Analyses

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 19-26
  5. Infectious Diseases: Descriptive Epidemiology, Transmission, Surveillance, Control

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 27-35
  6. Infectious Diseases: Modelling, Immunity

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 37-46
  7. Diarrhoea and Cholera

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 47-52
  8. Tuberculosis and Malaria

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 53-61
  9. Dengue Fever

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 63-67
  10. Viral Hepatitis

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 69-73
  11. HIV/AIDS

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 75-84
  12. The Origin of Information: Registers and Health Information Systems

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 85-92
  13. The Origin of Information: Sampling

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 93-105
  14. Descriptive Data Analysis and Statistics

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 107-119
  15. The Normal Law and Applications: Sample Size, Confidence Intervals, Tests

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 121-131
  16. Basic Concepts of Epidemiology

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 133-142
  17. Cross-Sectional Studies

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 143-146
  18. Cohort Studies

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 147-150
  19. Clinical (Therapeutic) Trials

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 151-159
  20. Clinical Epidemiology

    • Klaus Krickeberg, Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham
    Pages 161-171

About this book

This book is meant for adoption in first courses on epidemiology in Medical Schools and Faculties of Public Health in developing and transition countries and in workshops in these countries, taught for example by members of international organizations. It is also suitable for parallel or second reading within curricula in developed countries and for teaching epidemiology in a Master’s programme on “International Health”. The book will enable any lecturer to compose his or her introductory courses on epidemiology by selecting the material deemed appropriate. It will provide a solid foundation for more advanced teaching.

The intended readership consists in the first place of general medical students; students following the programme “Preventive Physician” that runs parallel to general medical studies in some countries; students starting to specialize in Public Health; and lecturers in epidemiology. The book can also serve well as an introduction into epidemiology for anybody else interested in this field, for example staff of health institutions.

Examples and practical work are taken from the present situation of health in Vietnam, which can easily be adapted to any other developing or transition country.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bielefeld, Germany

    Klaus Krickeberg

  • , Faculty of Public Health, Thai Binh Medical University, Thai Binh, Vietnam

    Van Trong Pham, Thi My Hanh Pham

Bibliographic Information

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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