Recommended Books – Epidemiology

Paperback

by Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland

Hardcover

Epidemiology Kept Simple: An Introduction to Classic and Modern Epidemiology

by B. Burt Gerstman

Hardcover

An introductory text for non-specialists, this volume covers such topics as elements of infectious and chronic disease epidemiology, identification of disease and measures of its frequency, stratification and adjustment, measures of association and potential impact, analytical study design, inaccuracy in epidemiological studies, clusters and outbreaks, and computers and epidemiology

Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times

by Arno Karlen, Arno Karlan

Synopsis: A noted medical historian places recent outbreaks of deadly diseases in historical perspective, with accounts of other alarming and recurring diseases throughout history and of the ways in which humans have adapted.

Paperback

Dictionary of Epidemiology

John M. Last, J. H. Abramson

Applied Epidemiology: Theory to Practice