Merrill, Ray M.

Environmental epidemiology : principles and methods / Ray M. Merrill. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008. - ix, 483 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to environmental epidemiology -- Basic elements of research, exposure, and outcome assessment -- Monitoring environmental health -- Epidemiology study designs -- Statistical modeling and inference -- Causal inference -- Disease clusters -- Mapping and geographic information systems -- Time series -- Indoor and ambient air quality and health -- Soil and food contaminants and health -- Water and health -- Radiation and health -- Climate change.

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Environmental health.
Environmental monitoring.
Environmentally induced diseases--Epidemiology.
Environmental Monitoring--methods.
Environmental Health.
Epidemiologic Factors.
Epidemiologic Methods.