
Foundations of Epidemiology has been widely used as an introductory text in a broad range of epidemiology courses. Minimal familiarity with statistics is assumed in the book. The text gives lucid, well-organized explanations of basic epidemiologic concepts such as rates and ratios,...

The Foundations of Epidemiology is an introductory level text intended for a broad range of courses in epidemiology, including those in medical schools, schools of public health, dental schools, schools of nursing, and other professional schools. Minimal familiarity with statistics...

This introductory text gives an exceptionally clear and well organized account of epidemiologic concepts and methods, emphasizing the sequence of reasoning from different types of data that lead to inferences about the etiology or natural history of disease.
