Product Description
This popular book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He introduces the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concise writing and his inimitable style. This book provides an understanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fully updated sections: Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention; Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease; Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy. Clear, practical graphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension.

Includes STUDENT CONSULT access, allowing you to:
o Access the complete contents of the book online, anywhere you go.perform quick searches.and add your own notes and bookmarks.
o Test yourself with the additional TEST BANK including 200 MCQs, plus complete rationales for all self-assessment Q&A in the print book. .
o Reference all other STUDENT CONSULT titles you own online, too-all in one place!

Introduces both the underlying concepts as well as the practical uses of epidemiology in public health and in clinical practice.

Illustrates textual information with clear and informative full-color illustrations, many created by the author and tested in the classroom.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 38 reviews)

5 stars! by Javiera (Seattle, WA)

5 Stars
April 18, 2009
Excellent book. It contains enough information to give someone like me, a novice, an overview of what epidemiology is and its important concepts. However, it's not overwhelming. The pictures go well with the text, and the occasional cartoon -and other funny bits- make the book even better! Highly recommended!

Dr. Aisha Andrewin by Aisha Andrewin (Belize)

5 Stars
April 05, 2009
This is an excellent, succinct, well organized, extremely well-written and very user friendly book. I would say it would be a useful resource text for Epidemiology and Public Health students (particularly Bachelors & Masters level)as well as practicing professionals.

It's a good book for beginner by riversailer (Milwaukee, WI)

5 Stars
February 10, 2009
It's really a excellent book for beginner, easy to read and lots of basic knowledge are well described. But if you're planning to design a study, you may need some other advanced books.

Useful, easy-to-read, colorful, concise by smters (NY, USA)

5 Stars
February 06, 2009
A good book for an introductory epidemiology course. It has short, easy-to-read chapters with lots of diagrams, tables, and graphs to clearly and concisely present information in the text.

excellent text! by Liz (New Jersey, USA)

5 Stars
January 29, 2009
Book arrived perfectly on time!
Gordis explains Epidemiology so well, you just want to read more!
Excellent illustrations!
A "MUST READ" for all those interested in Epidemiology!

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