for Public Health Practice. In clear and accessible language, this comprehensive text will introduce your students to the most important and timely issues in epidemiology today. New to this edition: - Information on new disease outbreaks: - E. coli in spinach - Avian influenza - XDR TB - Expanded coverage of the history of epidemiology - New coverage of the natural history of disease - Updated coverage of morbidity and mortality data throughout the text - Method for rate adjustment updated to the 2000 standard population - New information on health disparities, including the Hispanic mortality paradox - Updated information on data sources including notifiable diseases - Additional statistical measures provided, e.g., measures of life expectancy - New coverage of models of causality - New chapter on professional issues in epidemiology - Exciting new figures, tables, and exhibits provided throughout - Additional exercises and study questions

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