Epidemiology

Principles of Exposure Measurement in Epidemiology: Collecting, Evaluating and Improving Measures of Disease Risk Factors

OverviewPrinciples of Exposure Measurement in Epidemiology: Collecting, Evaluating and Improving Measures of Disease Risk Factors reads as a clinical handbook built around oncology and public health. That gives it a clearer role than a general survey text.Learning ApproachThe ...

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Overview

Principles of Exposure Measurement in Epidemiology: Collecting, Evaluating and Improving Measures of Disease Risk Factors reads as a clinical handbook built around oncology and public health. That gives it a clearer role than a general survey text.

Learning Approach

The handbook format is useful for selective reading. It is better treated as a practical reference than as a long narrative text.

Likely Readers

The natural reader is medicine readers, medical students, clinicians, and healthcare library buyers. A casual browser may miss the point; this is more useful when the buyer already has a course, rotation, certification, or clinical problem in mind.

Subject Focus

  • Oncology coverage keeps the book close to cancer diagnosis, treatment, or disease management.

Editorial Notes

The tone is best approached as professional reference material. It should reward readers who need precise terminology and a clear route back to the subject later.

Book Details

Author Emily White, Bruce K Armstrong, Rodolfo Saracci
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication Date May 7, 2008
Language English
Print Length 440 pages
ISBN-10 0198509855
ISBN-13 978-0198509851
Format Hardcover | Paperback
Dimensions 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 inches
Item Weight 1.45 pounds