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| Epidemiology: with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Gordis, Epidemiology) | 
 enlarge | Author: Leon Gordis
Publisher: Saunders
Discount Category: Book
Selling Price: $52.95
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Customer Ratings:  33 comments
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (pounds): 1.6
Dimensions (inch): 10.2 x 7.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1416040021
Dewey Decimal Number: 614
EAN: 9781416040026
Publication Date: May 14, 2008
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| Customer Comments:
 Great introductory textbook! May 22, 2003
1 out of 2 found this comment useful.
As a new MPH student, I found this book very easy to read and understand. The topics were presented clearly, and the graphs and charts were helpful. This book was incredibly useful when studying for exams as well. I highly recommend this book!
 Excellent Introductory Book January 28, 2003
4 out of 4 found this comment useful.
This book was required reading for an introductory course on epidemiology in a Masters of Public Health (MPH) program. It is clearly written, with a minimum of jargon. It includes numerous examples that really help illustrate the material. This is a book that I find myself pulling out again and again, even after the course has ended. Highly recommended.
Excellent and clear text January 7, 2003
6 out of 7 found this comment useful.
This book explains epidemiologic concepts clearly, giving good examples and having helpful illustrations. I recommend it highly for beginners as well as for persons familiar with epidemiology who want to review previously learned methods. I have used it to successfully explain concepts to non-epidemiologists.
 Not that good, find another book to use. November 10, 2002
2 out of 9 found this comment useful.
We are using this a text for graduate class. The text is confusing and not well written. Rather than actually describe whatever the subject being studied, it goes immediately into round-about examples without ever saying what you need to know. For a first text in epidemiology, I would absolutely NOT recommend it. As someone in an earlier review said, the authors presumes knowledge in reading the text. For an example, the text does not describe how to "unmatch" a matched study, but expects you to know how to do this as it goes on.
Easy to comprehend, fun to read and definetely a recommendat May 31, 2002
7 out of 8 found this comment useful.
Epidemiology by Leon Gordis is a great textbook. Having read one or two other books on this topic, I thought I got a great deal of what Epidemiology means and how it's done. Things I thought I fully understood I now do understand. The book has got many illustrations that make the text very easy to comprehend. The text itself is built up in a stepwise manner and the important issues are repeated several times. The examples given are enlightening and, sometimes, funny, too. The book isn't that much concerned with analysis methods in detail (e.g., How do regression methods work?), but it rather deals with the principles, designs and methods of epidemiology. This book definetely earns 5 stars and will remain an epedemiologic classic. Read it!
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