Table of Contents

Contributors     xvii
History and setting the scene
Introduction   Walter W. Holland   Charles Florey   Jorn Olsen     1
Setting the scene (largely from the UK point of view)   John Pemberton     11
Epidemiological methods and concepts in the nineteenth century and their influences on the twentieth century   Alfredo Morabia     17
Epidemiological concepts pre-1950 and their relation to work in the second half of the century   Rodolfo Saracci     31
Epidemiology and world health   Colin Mathers 4     41
Specific disease areas of concern
Development of the epidemiology of cancer   Richard Doll     63
Cardiovascular disease epidemiology   Henry Blackburn     71
Chronic respiratory disease epidemiology   Frank E. Speizer   Ira B. Tager     93
The epidemiological study of mental disorders since the beginning of the twentieth century   Rebecca Fuhrer   Lee Robins     103
Perinatal epidemiology   Claude Rumeau-Rouquette   Gerard Breart     115
Epidemiology in war and disasters   Haroutune K. Armenian     125
Emerging infectious diseases   Roger Detels     133
Tuberculosis   George W. Comstock     147
Malaria   Richard H. Morrow   William J. Moss     157
Applications and role of epidemiology in related domains
Public health and epidemiology   Lester Breslow   Roger Detels     173
Health services research and epidemiology   Ken L. White     183
Occupational epidemiology   Malcolm Harrington   Tom Sorahan     197
Social epidemiology   Mervyn Susser   Landon Myer     207
Nutritional epidemiology   Basil S. Hetzel     219
Methodology
Theoretical developments   Olli S. Miettinen     231
Outbreak investigations   Kenrad Nelson     241
Data sources and their utilization   Manolis Kogevinas     253
Development of modern epidemiology: clinical epidemiology   Richard F. Heller     267
Regions and countries
Epidemiological methods: a view from the Americas   Eduardo L. Franco   Salaheddin M. Mahmud   Andrew G. Dean     275
Epidemiology as a common European endeavour   Jorn Olsen   Rodolfo Saracci     289
Epidemiological methods: a view from Africa   Adetokunbo O. Lucas     297
The development of epidemiology in New Zealand and the South Pacific   Ian Prior   Robert Beaglehole     307
Epidemiological methods: a view from East Mediterranean   Mohamed H. Wahdan   Ahmed Mandil     315
Epidemiological methods: a view from China   Yu Shun-Zhang     327
The development of modern epidemiology in the East   Chitr Sitthi-amorn     337
Epidemiological methods: a view from north Asia/Japan   Kunio Aoki   Itsuzo Shigematsu     349
Health transitions in Mexico and Central America: implications for health policy   Julio Frenk   Rafael Lozano   Octavio Gomez-Dantes     361
The development of epidemiology: the United States of America   Warren Winkelstein Jr   Elizabeth Barrett-Connor     373
Poland     385
Development of epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in Poland   Miroslaw J. Wysocki   Jan E. Zejda     386
Epidemiology, prevention, and control of infectious diseases in Poland in the twentieth century   Wieslaw Magdzik     393
Epidemiology and public health in Finland and Scandinavia-development and current state   Arpo Aromaa     405
History of modern epidemiology: Italy   Rodolfo Saracci    Benedetto Terracini   Franco Merletti     421
The development of epidemiology: Spain   Francisco Bolumar     431
Name Index     441
Subject Index     447