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Case studies in forensic epidemiology /

The discipline of epidemiology provides a methodology for perceiving the world and relating to the communities whose health and disease patterns need to be understood. Forensic epidemiology extends our understanding to community's injuries and those alleged to be responsible. This much needed r...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loue, Sana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Epidemiology in the Courtroom: Dissonant Goals, Divergent Processes
  • 2. Case Study One: The Silicone Breast Implant Litigation
  • 3. Case Study Two: The E. Coli Investigation
  • 4. Epidemiology, Legislation, and Rulemaking
  • 5. Case Study Three: The FDA and Silicone Breast Implants
  • 6. Case Study Four: The Regulation of Tobacco
  • 7. Law, Epidemiology, and Community Organization and Advocacy
  • 8. Case Study Five: Alcohol and Drunk Driving
  • 9. Needle Exchange Program
  • 10. Epidemiology, Law, and Social Context
  • 11. Case Study Seven: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
  • 12. Case Study Eight: The Medical use of Marijuana. Index.