Textbooks



 
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MATTHEWS JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL BOOK CENTER
1830 East Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21205-2114
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Principles of Epidemiology (340.601.11)
Required: Epidemiology (4th edition) by L. Gordis (2008). Saunders (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $49.95)
Recommended: A Study Guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics by R.F. Morton, J.R. Hebbel and R.J. McCarter.  Aspen Publishers Inc. (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $50)

Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I and II
(140.611.11 and 140.612.11)
Required: Practical Statistics for Medical Research by D.G. Altman (1991). Chapman and Hall (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $84)

Biostatistics Analysis of Epidemiologic Data III (140.678.11)
Required: Survival Analysis for Epidemiologic and Medical Research by Steve Selvin (2008). Cambridge University Press (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $39.99)

Observational Epidemiology (340.608.11)
Required:  Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics (2nd edition) by Moyses Szklo and F. Javier Nieto, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $73)

Pharmacoepidemiology (340.617.11)
Recommended: Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology (2007). Brian L. Strom (Editor), Stephen E. Kimmel (Editor). Wiley and Sons (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $100)

Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS (340.649.11)
Required: AIDS: Science and Society (4th edition) by Hung Fan, Ross F. Conner, Luis P. Villarreal (2003). Jones and Bartlett Publishers (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $55)
Required: AIDS: The Biological Basis (3rd edition) by I. Edward Alcamo (2003). Jones & Bartlett Publishers (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $50)

Nutritional Epidemiology (340.650.11)
Recommended: Nutritional epidemiology (2nd edition) by W.C. Willett (1998). Oxford University Press (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $68).

Infectious Disease Epidemiology (340.668.11)
Required: Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition) (2006). Edited by Kenrad E. Nelson and Carolyn Masters. Williams, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $125)

Epidemiologic Applications of GIS (340.701.11)
Required: Geographic Information Systems in Health. Special Program for Health Analysis. PAHO. (available from Graduate Summer Institute; $20)

History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts (340.857.11)
Required: History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts (2004) by A. Morabia. Birkhauser Publisher (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $81.95)

GPS and Spatial Data Collection for Epidemiologic Studies (223.862.11)
Required: Global Positioning System: A Field Guide for the Social Sciences (2003) by John Spencer, Brian G. Frizzelle, Philip H. Page, and John B. Vogler; Wiley-Blackwell Publisher (available from Amazon.com; approximate cost $44.95)
Recommended: Medical Geography (2nd edition) (2005) by Melinda S. Meade and Robert J. Earickson; Guilford Press (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $47)
Recommended: Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping and Medicine (2005) by Tom Koch; ESRI Press (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $44.95)

Multilevel Models (140.607.11)
Recommended: Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling using Stata by S. Rabe-Hesketh and A. Skrondal (2005). Stata Press (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $85)

Data Analysis Workshops I and II
Advanced Data Analysis Workshop
(140.613.11 and 140.614.11; 140.620.11)
Required: Statistics with Stata 8 (updated for Version 9) by L. Hamilton (2006). Brooks/Cole Publishers (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $60)

Design of Clinical Experiments (140.642.11)
Required: Clinical Trials: A Methodologic Perspective (2nd edition) by S. Piantadosi (2005).  John Wiley Publisher (available from Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center and also Amazon.com; approx. cost $137.00)

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