Coronary Heart Disease Epidemiology

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This comprehensive textbook describes the epidemiology and prevention of ischaemic heart disease. It is written by an outstanding international team of contributors and covers major areas of new work that hold great promise for future knowledge. It deals with aetiology, appropriate methodology, and the application of research data to the development of policy, showing how epidemiologists can use their knowledge to inform and analyse public health policies. It charts changes that have occurred in coronary heart disease mortality, following its emergence iri countries undergoing economic development and other changes. The contributors emphasize the important established risk factors for heart disease and the increasing importance of public health as an end-point of epidemiological research.
This book is for all those who require an up-to-date view of coronary heart disease epidemiology; and those who will appreciate that coronary heart disease serves as an instructive example of... Tovább

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This comprehensive textbook describes the epidemiology and prevention of ischaemic heart disease. It is written by an outstanding international team of contributors and covers major areas of new work that hold great promise for future knowledge. It deals with aetiology, appropriate methodology, and the application of research data to the development of policy, showing how epidemiologists can use their knowledge to inform and analyse public health policies. It charts changes that have occurred in coronary heart disease mortality, following its emergence iri countries undergoing economic development and other changes. The contributors emphasize the important established risk factors for heart disease and the increasing importance of public health as an end-point of epidemiological research.
This book is for all those who require an up-to-date view of coronary heart disease epidemiology; and those who will appreciate that coronary heart disease serves as an instructive example of the application of research to the formation and evaluation of public health policy. It is an excellent reference for medical students as well as a text for more advanced students and practitioners of epidemiology and public health, and will also be essential for those actively concerned with the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Coronary heart disease epidemiology, praised in reviews by the leading medical journals for its authority and comprehensiveness, is now available for the first time in paperback at a price that makes it accessible to students.
From reviews of the hardback edition
For the eager young student as well as for the epidemiologist just trying to keep up, this is probably the most complete and authoritative text now available. British Medical Journal
This book will be of particular interest to those who want to bring themselves up to date on the wide field of coronary heart disease epidemiology
New England Journal of Medicine Vissza