Epidemiological Progress. Volume 10

Author: Li Liming
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This volume consciously organizes research progress in several hot areas of epidemiology today, including molecular epidemiology, the application of modern information technology in epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, and more. At the same time, addressing the current tendency in epidemiology to overemphasize the laboratory while neglecting the field, it introduces the development of macroepidemiology, aiming to draw the attention of readers and colleagues. Reviews of the latest progress in some re-emerging and emerging important infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, are also included. With the arrival of the "silver tsunami," aging issues, particularly the mental and psychological problems of the elderly, are increasingly gaining attention. This volume also covers research progress in the epidemiology of elderly depression and Alzheimer's disease. To highlight the significance of social and behavioral factors in the study of migration-related diseases, this volume also includes research progress in behavioral epidemiology, social behavioral risk factors of AIDS, suicide epidemiology, and epidemiology of drug abuse, among other topics.