V.D. Belyakov, T.A. Semenenko, M.Kh. Shraga. Introduction to Epidemiology of Infectious and Non-infectious Human Diseases. Moscow, Medicine, 2001, 264 p.

Reviewer: doctor of medical sciences professor A.A. Shaposhnikov.

Recommended by the Department of Medical Educational Establishments and HR Policy of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation as a Learning Aid for Medical Students.

Introductory note by member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences V.I. Pokrovsky.

The learning aid sets forth the current understanding of epidemiology as a science on mass human diseases. It reviews the problems of epidemiology establishment and development. Characteristic of the key statistical parameters used in epidemiological investigations is given. The epidemiological aspects of disease classification and categorization are described. Special attention is paid to determination of cause-and-effect relations and description of types of epidemiological investigations. The relevant issues of experimental epidemiological studies and assessment of efficiency in terms of the impact on disease incidence are reviewed. The prevention measures in public healthcare are described.

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