Patterns of Urban Mortality

Authors: Puffer, Ruth Rice; Griffith, G. Wynne

Source: The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings, The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings , pp. 223-234(12)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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Abstract:

This is a section of the book The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings. Edited by four eminent epidemiologists, this book consolidates, for the first time, a core of landmark articles on the evolution, scope and limitations, uses, and prospects of epidemiology. An outstanding feature of the book is the inclusion of the editors' assessments of the realm of epidemiology, where it is and where it should be going. It represents a useful tool for both students and practicing professionals and provides a much-needed frame of reference for reorienting the practice of epidemiology. The book is a collection of 91 articles, grouped in five parts. This article discusses about a study on the pattern of cause of death in the Inter-American urban cities. Detailed descriptions of the methods and procedures followed to conduct the research are included in the article.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Measurement of health; Mortality rates; Urban areas; Cause of death; Registrations of death; Public health worker

Document Type: Research article

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