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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822659903321

Titolo

A dictionary of epidemiology / / edited for the International Epidemiological Association by Miquel Porta ; associate editors Sander Greenland [and three others] ; assistant editor Andrea Burón

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-939005-3

1-306-68880-9

0-19-997672-4

0-19-939004-5

Edizione

[Sixth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Disciplina

614.403

Soggetti

Epidemiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; A Dictionary of Epidemiology; Copyright; Foreword; Foreword to the Fourth Edition, 2001; Preface; Acknowledgments; About This Dictionary; Contributors to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This sixth edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology -- the most updated since its inception -- reflects the profound substantive and methodological changes that have come to characterize epidemiology and its associated disciplines. Sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association, this book remains the essential reference for anyone studying or working in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, or the growing number health sciences in which epidemiologic competency is now required. More than just a dictionary, this text is an essential guidebook to the state of the scien