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    <title>Introduction to epidemiology</title>
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    <namePart>Merrill, Ray M.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>2025</dateIssued>
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    <edition>Ninth edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>ix, 363 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>"Designed for students with little to no background in biomedical sciences, this book teaches students the basics of Epidemiology which is a scientifically driven discipline based on systematic observation and analysis of specified populations, the primary aim of which is to identify causes and risk factors of disease, events, and behaviors to successfully prevent and control health problems"--</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Foundations of epidemiology -- Path to modern epidemiology -- Infectious disease concepts in epidemiology -- Chronic disease concepts in epidemiology -- Epidemiologic study plan -- Study designs -- Hypothesis testing and measures of association -- Identifying and improving study validity -- Causality -- General health and population indicators -- Field epidemiology -- Clinical epidemiology -- Social epidemiology.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Ray M. Merrill.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Epidemiologic Methods</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">RA651 .T56 2025</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781284280388</identifier>
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