Methods in Field Epidemiology Macdonald Paperback John Wiley & Sons

Methods in Field EpidemiologyAuthor(s): Pia D. M. MacDonald\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, United States\nImprint: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc\nISBN-13: 9780763784591, 978-0763784591\nSynopsis\nThis unique guidebook covers all aspects of practical field epidemiologic investigation. It explains the requirements, defines terms, and illustrates many examples of how to undertake the tasks of the public health epidemiologist during a field investigation. Unlike other texts of its kind, it breaks down each function of field epidemiology to its constituent parts and thoroughly answers questions related to [url] include: public health surveillance qualifying a potential outbreak assembling and equipping a team hypothesis generation and descriptive epidemiology epidemiological studies hypothesis-testing interviews data analysis writing a report public health laboratory's role in field environmental health components investigating non-infect.