TY - BOOK AU - MacMahon, Brian AU - Pugh, Thomas F. TI - Epidemiology: principles and methods SN - 0316542598 AV - RA 651 .M33 1970 PY - 1970/// CY - Boston PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - EPIDEMIOLOGY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Epidemiology -- 2. Concepts of cause -- 3. Strategies of Epidemiology -- 4. Classification of disease -- 5. Measures of disease frequency -- 6. Sources of data -- 7. Characteristics of persons -- 8. Place -- 9. Time -- 10. Some combinations of person, place, and time -- 11. Cohort studies -- 12. Case-control studies -- 13. Intervention studies -- 14. Genetics and epidemiology -- References -- Index N2 - The objective of this book is to introduce the principles and methods of epidemiology, particularly as they are applied in the study of those chronic diseases for which preventive measures are now unknown or inadequate ER -