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Edited by Steven S. Coughlin and Tom L. Beauchamp. 312 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996. $49.95. ISBN 0-19-510242-8.

Epidemiology came of age during the last half of the 20th century as a fundamental scientific discipline for the advancement of our understanding of disease. From the association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer to the link between munitions vapors and the Gulf War illness, the principles and practice of epidemiology have guided many strategies for improving the health of populations and treating disease. We have moved from the romantic days of the roving epidemiologist who trekked all over to discover the cause of an outbreak of hepatitis to the sophisticated scientist who works with huge volumes of data to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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