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

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