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.
Donaldson
L J
LJ
Public Health NHS Executive, Durham University Science Park.
Kirkup
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