The development of modern epidemiology : personal reports from those who were there /

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Other Authors: Holland, Walter W. (Walter Werner), Olsen, Jørn, Florey, Charles du V.
Format: Book
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Setting the scene (largely) from the UK point of view
  • Epidemiological methods and concepts in the nineteenth century and their influences on the twentieth century
  • Epidemiological concepts pre- 1950 and their relation to work in the second half of the century
  • Epidemiology and world health
  • Development of the epidemiology of cancer
  • Cardiovascular disease epidemiology of cancer
  • Cardiovascular disease epidemiology
  • Chronic respiratory disease epidemiology
  • The epidemiological study of mental disorders since the beginning of the twentieth century
  • Perinatal epidemiology
  • Epidemiology in war and disasters
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Tuberculosis
  • Malaria
  • Public health and epidemiology
  • Health services research and epidemiology
  • Occupational epidemiology
  • Social epidemiology
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Theoretical developments
  • Outbreak investigations
  • Data sources and their utilization
  • Development of modern epidemiology: clinical epidemiology
  • Epidemiological methods: a view from the Americas
  • Epidemiology as a common European endeavour
  • Epidemiological methods: a view from Africa
  • The development of epidemiology in New Zealand and the South Pacific
  • Epidemiological methods: a view from East Mediterranean
  • Epidemiological methods: a view from China
  • The development of modern epidemiology in the East
  • Epidemiological methods: a view from north Asia/Japan
  • Health transitions in Mexico and Central America: implications for health policy
  • The development of epidemiology: the United States of America
  • Poland: Pt. I. Development of epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in Poland
  • Pt. II. Epidemiology, prevention, and control of infectious diseases in Poland in the twentieth century
  • Epidemiology and public health in Finland and Scandinavia- development and current state
  • History of modern epidemiology: Italy
  • The development of epidemiology: Spain.