Epidemiology, by award-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis, is a best-selling introduction to this complex science. Gordis leverages his vast experience teaching this subject in the classroom to introduce the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in a clear, uniquely memorable way. He guides you from an explanation of the epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention, through the use of epidemiologic principles to identify the causes of disease, to a discussion of how epidemiology should be used to improve evaluation and public policy. It’s your best choice for an accessible yet rich understanding of epidemiology! 'Overall, I think it is an excellent book for medical students and occupational medicine trainees and a useful revision and reference text for consultant occupational physicians one of the most clearly laid out and readable general epidemiology texts that I have ever seen'.

Epidemiology 5th edition. By award-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis. Sample questions asked in the 5th edition of Epidemiology. Gordis L: Epidemiology. Elsevier, Philadelphia: Saunders; 2009. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.

Reviewed by: Occupational Medicine Date: July 2015 Key Features. • Gain a solid foundation of basic epidemiologic principles as well as practical applications in public health and clinical practice. • Visualize concepts vividly through abundant full-color figures, graphs, and charts. • Check your understanding of essential information with 320 multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions (120 inside the book plus 200 more online). • Access the complete contents online at Student Consult, including over 200 additional multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions not found in the book, with answers to all questions as well as full rationales explaining why every answer is correct or incorrect. Table of Contents. SECTION I The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission CHAPTER 3 The Occurrence of Disease: I.

Disease Surveillance and Measures of Morbidity CHAPTER 4 The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact CHAPTER 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests CHAPTER 6 The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis CHAPTER 7 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials CHAPTER 8 Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues SECTION II Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease CHAPTER 9 Cohort Studies CHAPTER 10 Case-Control Studies and Other Study Designs CHAPTER 11 Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?

Title: Book Review: Epidemiology, L. Gordis, Fourth ed, 2009, Saunders Author(s): Date: 2010 Type: Department(s): Volume: 50 Persistent URL: Book/Journal Title: Preventative Medicine Notes: From Steven Stellman: I have used Gordis' book in the Executive MPH program at Columbia University for over a dozen years. Abstract: Review of a new edition of the popular epidemiology textbook by Leon Gordis. Subject(s): Publisher DOI: Item views 411 Metadata: Suggested Citation:, 2010, Book Review: Epidemiology, L.

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