| Description |
xvi, 613 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to social epidemiology -- Basic concepts in health and illness -- The context for social epidemiology -- A history of public health and medicine -- The development of modern social epidemiology -- Concepts and theories in social epidemiology: the SOCEPID model -- Methods of descriptive epidemiology -- Research design for the identification of risk factors -- Program evaluation in social epidemiology -- Following social epidemiological research: then what? -- Social epidemiology applied to chronic disease: cardiovascular disease, cancer -- Injury control and violence prevention -- Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS -- Environmental hazards, occupational health, and community exposures -- Immigrants, migrants, and special populations: new challenges in social epidemiology and applications for the future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [491]-595) and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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Epidemiology -- Social aspects.
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Epidemiology.
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Social Medicine.
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| LC no. |
2006026381 |
| ISBN |
0231100485 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780231100489 cloth alkaline paper |
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