Product Description

The expanded Second Edition of Dr. Rothman's acclaimed "Modern Epidemiology" reflects the remarkable conceptual development of this evolving science and the engagement of epidemiologists with an increasing range of current public health concerns. This landmark work is the most comprehensive and cohesive text on the principles and methods of contemporary epidemiologic research. Coauthored by two leading epidemiologists, with 15 additional contributors, the Second Edition presents a much broader range of concepts and methods than Dr. Rothman's single-authored original edition. Coverage of basic measures and study types is more thorough and includes a new chapter on field methods. New chapters on advanced topics in data analysis, such as hierarchical regression, are also included. A new section covers specific areas of research such as infectious disease epidemiology, ecologic studies, disease surveillance, analysis of vital statistics, screening, clinical epidemiology, environmental and occupational epidemiology, reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and nutritional epidemiology.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #768361 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 737 pages

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive, if occasionally incomprehensible
An ambitious book, ranging from epidemiological philosophy to gritty, endless equations. What it does well it does excellently (epidemiological paradigms, specialist epidemiology and mathematical examples of complex errors and bias), and it does so in a consistent style. It does, however, fail to cover all aspects of current epidemiology with the same quality, and persues a mathematical notation bearing no relationship to that traditionally encountered.

Too many words won't save the world
Rothman and Greenland's ambitions are high, and the new edition covers almost each and every corner of epidemiology today. Unfortunately, this happens at the cost of shortness and clarity: Long parahraphs on rare exceptions, statistical explanations too abstract for earthlings etc. Among the thousands of words are, however, brilliant stuff. If not for other purposes, buy the book for the last chapters on special topics - all the other chapters were better in the first edition.

The most comprehensive book of epi methods to date.
An excellent guide and resource