Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition (SS1978)
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · CDC Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development
CDC's six-lesson self-study text on applied epidemiology and biostatistics, with exercises and self-assessments. Covers measures of risk, data display, surveillance systems, and the ten steps of outbreak investigation as public health practitioners actually perform them.
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