American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 1 : 93
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
BOOK REVIEWS |
From the Editor
With this issue of the Journal (Volume 154, Number 1), we inaugurate an expansion of our Book Reviews section. Each issue of the Journal will now include a book review and an editor's note. The note will draw attention to book reviews appearing in other major journals and epidemiologic publications. At the outset, we will monitor the following journals: Epidemiology, the International Journal of Epidemiology, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Public Health Policy, Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
As a start, we draw your attention to a review of a book dealing with the history of coal mining in the United States and the consequent widespread prevalence of pneumoconioses (1
). The reviewer, Abdur Rauf Shad, M.D., concludes his review by saying, "I found that the book helps in putting the patient, the disease and the history of the coal mining industry into context" (2, p. 339).
In this issue of the Journal, we offer a review by Manning Feinleib of the fourth edition of the widely used Dictionary of Epidemiology (3), edited by John Last and colleagues.
We invite your comments and any suggestions for reviews of books you have found particularly relevant and interesting.
REFERENCES
- Derickson A. Black lung: anatomy of a public health disaster. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998.
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Shad AR. Black lung. (Book review). JAMA 2001;285:339–40.
[Free Full Text] - Last JM, Spasoff RA, Harris SS, eds. A dictionary of epidemiology. 4th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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