Eras in epidemiology [electronic resource] : the evolution of ideas /

by Susser, Mervyn; Stein, Zena.

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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199863754 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Epidemiology -- HistoryOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present, starting with the early concepts of magic and the humours of Hippocrates and moving through the dawn of observational methods, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution up to the development of eco-epidemiology.

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The authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present, starting with the early concepts of magic and the humours of Hippocrates and moving through the dawn of observational methods, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution up to the development of eco-epidemiology.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Eras in epidemiology [electronic resource] : the evolution of ideas /

by Susser, Mervyn; Stein, Zena.