KILLEWO, JAPHET / HEGGENHOUGEN, KRISTIAN / QUAH, STELLA R.
Epidemiology and Demography provides practical guidance on planning and implementing surveillance and investigation of disease and disease outbreaks. Exploring contributing factors to the dynamics of disease transmission and the identification of population risks, it also includes a discussion of ehtics in epidemiology and demography including important issues of privacy vs. public safety. With a chapter on H1N1 and Bird flu, this book will be important for students and professionals in public health and epidemiology.
Focuses on the techniques of surveillance and investigation of disease
Includes biostatistics and analysis techniques
Explores the ethics of disease studies
Includes chapter discussing H1N1 and Bird Flu
