Field epidemiology /
edited by Michael B. Gregg.
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- xix, 451 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: I. BACKGROUND -- 1. Field Epidemiology Defined, 3 -- Richard A. Goodman and James W. Buehler -- 2. A Brief Review of the Basic Principles of Epidemiology, 8 -- Richard C. Dicker -- 3. Suveillance, 26 -- Stephen B. Thacker and Guthrie S. Birkhead -- II. THE FIELD INVESTIGATION -- 4. Operational Aspects of Epidemiologic Field Investigations, 53 -- Richard A. Goodman, Michael B. Gregg, and Jeffrey J. Sacks -- 5. Conducting a Field Investigation, 62 -- Michael B. Gregg -- 6. Describing the Findings, 78 -- Robert E. Fontaine and Richard A. Goodman -- 7. Designing Studies in the Field, 117 -- Richard C. Dicker -- 8. Analyzing and Interpreting Data, 132 -- Richard C. Dicker -- 9. Developing Interventions, 173 -- Richard A. Goodman, James W. Buehler, Jeffrey P. Koplan, and Duc J. Vugia -- 10. Communicating Epidemiologic Findings, 183 -- Michael B. Gregg -- 11. Surveys and Sampling, 196 -- Joan M. Herold and J. Virgil Peavy -- 12. Using a Computer for Field Investigations, 217 -- Andrew G. Dean -- 13. Dealing with the Public and the Media, 236 -- Bruce B. Dan -- III. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 14. Legal Considerations in a Field Investigation, 255 -- Verla S. Neslund -- 15. Investigations in Health-Care Settings, 268 -- William R. Jarvis and Stephanie Zaza -- 16. Investigations in Out-of-Home Child Care Settings, 290 -- Ralph L. Cordell and Margaret Swartz -- 17. Field Investigations of Occupational Disease and Injury, 306 -- William E. Halperin -- 18. Field Investigations from the State and Local -- Health Department Perspective, 324 -- Jeffrey P. Davis and Guthrie S. Birkhead -- 19. Epidemiologic Investigations in International Settings, 345 -- Stanley 0. Foster -- 20. Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Issues for Public Health, 354 -- Scott R. Lillibridge and Kristy Murray-Lillibridge -- 21. Field Investigations of Natural Disasters, 365 -- Eric K. Noji and Michael B. Gregg -- 22. Laboratory Support for the Epidemiologist in the Field, 384 -- Janet K. A. Nicholson and Elaine W. Gunter.