Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine, 3rd Edition

Key Features

• Discusses the financial concerns and the use and limitations of screening in the prevention of symptomatic disease.
• Emphasizes the application of epidemiologic and biostatistical concepts to everyday clinical problem solving and decision making.
• Showcases important concepts and calculations inside quick-reference boxes.
• Presents abundant illustrations and well-organized tables to clarify and summarize complex concepts.
• Includes 350 USMLE-style questions and answers, complete with detailed explanations about why various choices are correct or incorrect.
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New to This Edition

• Includes the latest information on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) • SARS • avian form of H5N1 influenza • the obesity epidemic • and more.

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Author Information

By James F. Jekel, MD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Emeritus, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Director, Griffin-Yale Residency Program in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT; David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Director, Yale-Griffin Preventive Research Center, Derby, CT; Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; and Dorothea Wild, MD, MPH, Dr. Med, Associate Director, Combined Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Griffin Hospital, Derby, CTBack To Top