Oxford textbook of public health /
Public health
edited by Roger Detels ... [et al.].
- 4th ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
- 3 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Oxford medical publications .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
PART 1 - THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC HEALTH; 1. The development of the discipline of public health; 2. Determinants of health and disease; 3. Public health policies; 4. Law, ethics, and challenges; PART 2 - THE METHODS OF PUBLIC HEALTH; 5. Information systems and sources of intelligence; 6. Epidemiologic and biostatistical approaches; 7. Social Science techniques; 8. Environmental and occupational health sciences; PART 3 - THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH; 9. Major health problems; 10. Prevention and control of public health hazards; 11. Intervention for special populations; 12. Public health functions