Morabia, Alfredo, <br/><br/>
Enigmas of health and disease :  how epidemiology helps unravel scientific mysteries / 
Alfredo Morabia. 
 - xxii, 271 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Adaptation of: Santè : distinguisher croyances et connaissance / Alfredo Morabia. 2011. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index. 
<br/><br/>Comparing groups and the fifth dimension -- People, bugs, and epidemics -- Plague's shark teeth and seamen's enigmatic exhaustion -- The mystery of the blue death -- The numerical method -- Eugenics, oysters, sour skin, and breast cancer -- Tobacco and health : the great controversy -- Daily life mysteries and epidemiology -- Is this treatment dangerous for health? -- Does the treatment work? -- What is the optimal medical decision? -- Health risk or health benefit? -- Is this screening useful? -- Group comparisons also fail -- Epidemiologic literacy and earthly self-realization -- Beyond epidemiology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231168847 0231168845 9780231168854 0231168853 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013046811 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Epidemiology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA652  / .M67 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>614.4 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 105