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 others. At the same time, to address the current tendency in epidemiology to overemphasize laboratories while neglecting fieldwork, it introduces the development of macroepidemiology, aiming to draw the attention of readers and colleagues. It also reviews the latest progress in some re-emerging and emerging important infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. With the arrival of the "silver wave," aging issues, particularly the mental and psychological problems of the elderly, are gaining increasing attention. This volume includes research progress on the epidemiology of elderly depression and Alzheimer's disease. To highlight the significance of social and behavioral factors in the study of migration and mobility diseases, it also covers research progress in behavioral epidemiology, social behavioral risk factors for AIDS, suicide epidemiology, and epidemiology of drug abuse, among other topics.