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New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780231537674 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780231168847 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780231168854 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Print version: Morabia, Alfredo. Enigmas of health and disease : how epidemiology helps unravel scientific mysteries. New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] ISBN 9780231168854

Adaptation of: Sante / Alfredo Morabia. 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index

Comparing groups and the fifth dimension -- People, bugs, and epidemics -- Plague’s shark teeth and seamen’s enigmatic exhaustion -- The mystery of the blue death -- The numerical method -- Eugenics, oysters, sour skin, and breast cancer -- Tobacco and health : the great controversy -- Daily life mysteries and epidemiology -- Is this treatment dangerous for health? -- Does the treatment work? -- What is the optimal medical decision? -- Health risk or health benefit? -- Is this screening useful? -- Group comparisons also fail -- Epidemiologic literacy and earthly self-realization -- Beyond epidemiology.

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