Medical Epidemiology (Lange Basic Science)

"An excellent primer for use in epidemiology courses for medical students ...amply furnished with clear diagrams." - "Doody's Health Sciences Book Review", on the previous edition Master medical epidemiology with the most current approaches and applications. It includes: numerous clear, up-to-date tables, charts, and illustrations; patient profiles in each chapter; multiple-choice questions just like the boards; and, new material on evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and Internet sources. This succinct book showcases the hows, whys, and whats of epidemiology in research and practice. It evaluates the most current health and surveillance data. It lets you apply clinical examples in numerous Patient Profiles. You can master the concepts, methods, applications, of epidemiology with study-aiding graphs, charts, summaries, and self-tests.