The public health practitioner as investigator.
The history of public health began with the investigation of communicable diseases. Improved epidemiological methods have subsequently illuminated the causes and management of a wide range of health problems. The day-to-day challenges facing today's public health practitioners must be tackled rapidly and with limited resources, but must still subject to sound epidemiological principles.
Public Health NHS Executive, Durham University Science Park.
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