Abstrak :
This Is Book About Epidemiology Is, How Long Is A Piece Of String? Measuring Disease Frequency, Who, What, Where And When? Descriptive Epidemiology, Healthy Research: Study Designs For Public Health, Why? Linking Exposure And Disease, Heads Or Tails: The Role Of Chance, All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Problem Of Error, Muddied Waters: The Challenge Of Confounding, Reading Between The Lines: Reading And Writing Epidemiological Papers, Who Sank The Boat? Association And Causation, Assembling The Building Blocks: Reviews And Their Uses, Outbreaks, Epidemics And Clusters, Watching Not Waiting: Surveillance And Epidemiological Intelligence, Prevention: Better Than Cure?, Early Detection: What Benefits At What Cost?, A Final Word.