Applied Epidemiology

• New and fully revised edition of a highly successful text
• Includes new chapters on systematics reviews and epidemiology and the law
• Designed to be an informative introduction for students, as well as an indispensable reference for practitioners
• Bridges the gap between epidemiologic methods and its practical application

Readership: Practitioners and students of epidemiology

Edited by Ross C. Brownson, Professor of Epidemiology and Chair, Department of Community Health, St. Louis School of Public Health, USA, and Diana B. Petitti, Director of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, California, USA

1: Ross C. Brownson and Christine M. Hoehner: Epidemiology: A Foundation of Public Health
2: Stephen B. Thacker and Donna F. Stroup: Public Health Surveillance
3: Ross C. Brownson: Outbreak and Cluster Investigations
4: Melissa L. McPheeters, Peter Briss, Steven J. Teutsch, and Benedict Truman: Systematic Reviews in Public Health
5: Jonathan M. Samet, Ronald H. White, and Thomas A. Burke: Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
6: Adrian Bauman and Thomas D. Koepsell: Epidemiologic Issues in Community Intervention
7: Diana B. Petitti: Outcomes Research
8: Andy Amster, Greg Zeisler, and Diana B. Petitti: Measuring the Quality of Health Care
9: Ross C. Brownson: Epidemiology and Health Policy
10: Richard A. Goodman, Sana Loue, and Frederic E. Shaw: Epidemiology and the Law
11: Patrick L. Remington and David Nelson: Communicating Epidemiologic Information