LEADER 02849oam 22005171 450 001 9910792110003321 005 20240102113130.0 010 $a0-19-157282-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000326652 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC684599 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL684599 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464103 035 $a(OCoLC)714569773 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000326652 100 $a20100419d2010 |y| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 181 $ccri$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEpidemiology $ea very short introduction /$fRodolfo Saracci 210 1$a[Oxford] :$cOxford University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (125 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aVery short introductions 311 0 $a0-19-954333-X 311 0 $a0-19-177725-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. What is epidemiology? -- 2. Measuring health and disease -- 3. Searching for the causes of disease -- 4. Establishing the causes of a disease -- 5. Testing how to control a disease -- 6. Following up people's health -- 7. Investigating people's past experiences -- 8. Mapping health and disease -- 9. From epidemiology to medicine, prevention, and public health -- 10. between ethics and politics. 330 $aWhat is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of disease and its main aim is to improve the health of populations. It's a vital field, central to the health of society, to the identification of causes of disease, and to their management and prevention. Epidemiology has had an impact on many areas of medicine; from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to the origin and spread of new epidemics. However, it is often poorly understood, largely due to misrepresentations in the media.In this Very Short Introduction Rodolfo Saracci dispels some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology. He provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials, and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease. He also looks at the ethical and political issues related to obtaining and using information concerning patients, and trials involving placebos. 410 0$aVery short introductions. 606 $aEpidemiology 606 $aMedicine 615 0$aEpidemiology. 615 0$aMedicine. 676 $a614.4 700 $aSaracci$b Rodolfo$f1936-$0511238 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792110003321 996 $aEpidemiology$93809024 997 $aUNINA