Oxford textbook of public health. Textbook of public health - 5th ed. / edited by Roger Detels ... [et al.]. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xxvi, 1769 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. - Oxford medical publications .

This ed. originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The scope of public health -- Section 1.The development of the discipline of public health -- Section 2.Determinants of health and disease -- Section 3.Public health policies -- Section 4.Public health law and ethics -- The methods of public health -- Section 3.Information systems and sources of intelligence -- Section 6.Epidemiological and biostatistical approaches -- Section 7.Social science techniques -- Section 8.Enviromental and occupational health sciences -- The practice of public health -- Section 9.Major health problems -- Section 10.Prevention and control of public health hazards -- Section 11.Public health needs of population groups -- Section 12.Public health functions.

A fifth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on public health and epidemiology, comprehensively covering the scope, methods and practice of the discipline.

9780199693474 (pbk.) : £145.00 9780199693474 (combined pbk.)

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Epidemiology.
Public health.
Public health--Textbooks
Health and Wellbeing.
Public health & preventive medicine
Epidemiology & medical statistics
Health systems & services
Health economics

RA425 / .O9 2011

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