Epidemiologie

In comprehensible language and supported by clear illustrations, many practical examples and personal experience reports, this textbook provides a well-founded insight into epidemiological thinking, examining the most important study designs, their advantages and disadvantages, and their application in this respect. It conveys the basics of study analysis, highlighting potential disruptive elements, which will help researchers to understand whether associations are causal. Current topics such as investigations into epidemiological outbreaks and handling epidemics are also explained. This book is intended for students of health, public health, medicine and nursing sciences as well as all other readers interested in this subject.