Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine combines four essential topics in one text - epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health. Nowhere else can you find all of these vital subjects covered in a single, reasonably priced source.The Epidemiology section examines epidemiology as the basic science of preventive medicine and public health - with information on human ecology, infectious disease epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.The Biostatistics section starts with clinical biostatistics, presenting methods for evaluating clinical tests and improving clinical decisions. It then covers the major biostatistical concepts and methods used in medical research. Finally, it addresses special topics such as random allocation, sample size determination, use of life table methods, elementary applied probability analysis, decision analysis, and the use of nonparametric tests for ordinal data.The Preventive Medicine and Public Health section examines the options available to physicians and communities for promoting health and preventing disease. After it discusses the roles of local, state, and federal governments in promoting health, it outlines the U.S. health promotion and disease prevention goals for the year 2000. It concludes with a look at the current strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. medical care system and a cost analysis of the economics of prevention. Read Less