Description
About the Author
Lisa F. Berkman, PhD, is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, is Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he has taught for over 20 years. M. Maria Glymour, ScD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, where she directs the PhD program in Epidemiology and Translational Sciences.
Reviews
An extraordinary work of scholarship. Its excellence provides assurance that it will become a classic. * Leon Eisenberg, New England Journal of Medicine *
[Social Epidemiology] is brilliant. * Journal of Public Health Medicine *
In providing a resource that explicates the social determinants of illness and helps the reader to understand the impact of social organization and structure of health and access to healthcare, the editors make this book a valuable contribution to the literature on psychosocial epidemiology. * Doody's *
Provocative and stimulating... a great resource. * International Journal of Epidemiology *
An important book, and a critical and timely addition to the field. * The Epidemiology Monitor *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199395330
Author Lisa F. Berkman
Format Paperback
Page Count 640
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 1293g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 251mm * 43mm