Epidemiology

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Summary: Premier introductory textbook in the field
Review: An excellent broad coverage of epidemiology, by far the best introduction to the field. Very complete and explains concepts with excellent examples.

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Summary: Good, but not a best book to read
Review: Compare the costs paid and benefits gained from reading, I am sure that there are other books better than this. Most contents in this book were described in very long sentences, although they actually need only 30% of all words. Some good points are to the pictures illustrated in some chapters. My recommendation to those with limited paying capacity, you should buy Heineken's book instead. Trust me.

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Summary: Easy to comprehend, fun to read and definetely a recommendat
Review: Epidemiology by Leon Gordis is a great textbook. Having read one or two other books on this topic, I thought I got a great deal of what Epidemiology means and how it's done. Things I thought I fully understood I now do understand. The book has got many illustrations that make the text very easy to comprehend. The text itself is built up in a stepwise manner and the important issues are repeated several times. The examples given are enlightening and, sometimes, funny, too. The book isn't that much concerned with analysis methods in detail (e.g., How do regression methods work?), but it rather deals with the principles, designs and methods of epidemiology. This book definetely earns 5 stars and will remain an epedemiologic classic. Read it!

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Summary: Excellent and clear text
Review: This book explains epidemiologic concepts clearly, giving good examples and having helpful illustrations. I recommend it highly for beginners as well as for persons familiar with epidemiology who want to review previously learned methods. I have used it to successfully explain concepts to non-epidemiologists.

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Summary: Excellent Introductory Text
Review: This is the best beginning text on epidemiology available-- no other text comes close. The writing is clear and concise, a rare event in science texts. The style, content and layout are extraordinary. Dr. Gordis creates friendly understandable explanations from potentially confusing topics.

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Summary: Great introductory textbook!
Review: We are using this a text for graduate class. The text is confusing and not well written. Rather than actually describe whatever the subject being studied, it goes immediately into round-about examples without ever saying what you need to know. For a first text in epidemiology, I would absolutely NOT recommend it.

As someone in an earlier review said, the authors presumes knowledge in reading the text. For an example, the text does not describe how to "unmatch" a matched study, but expects you to know how to do this as it goes on.