This sixth edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology -- the most updated since its inception -- reflects the profound substantive and methodological changes that have come to characterize epidemiology and its associated disciplines. Sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association, this book remains the essential reference for anyone studying or working in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, or the growing number health sciences in which epidemiologic competency is now required.
More than just a dictionary, this text is an essential guidebook to the state of the science. It offers the most current, authoritative definitions of terms central to biomedical and public health literature -- everything from confounding and incidence rate to epigenetic inheritance and Number Needed to Treat. As epidemiology continues to change and grow, A Dictionary of Epidemiology will remain its book of record.
Miquel Porta is the main editor of A Dictionary of Epidemiology, sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA) and used across the world. He is a physician, epidemiologist, and scholar from Barcelona who works in clinical and molecular epidemiology, and has promoted the integration of biological, clinical, environmental, and social knowledge and methods in research and teaching worldwide. He has served as a visiting scientist at many global institutions, including the University of North Carolina (UNC), New York University (NYU), Harvard, and Imperial College London, and was Chairman of the IEA European Epidemiology Federation. He is currently Head, Clinical & Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Unit, Hospital del Mar Institute of Medical Research - IMIM; Professor of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC; and Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, NYU.