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Figures and Tables ixPreface xvThe Editors and Contributors xixIntroduction xxiiiPart 1: History, Development, and OrganizationChapter 1: History and Development of Public Health 3Chapter 2: Modern Public Health Systems 25Part 2: Analytic Tools and MethodsChapter 3: Data for Public Health 51Chapter 4: Epidemiology: Introduction and Basic Concepts 73Chapter 5: Study Design 95Chapter 6: Biostatistics 139Chapter 7: Pharmacoepidemiology 161Chapter 8: Infectious Disease Epidemiology 177Chapter 9: Environmental Public Health 197Chapter 10: Risk and Exposure Assessment 231Part 3: Behavior and HealthChapter 11: Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health 267Chapter 12: Qualitative Data and Research Methods in Public Health 299Chapter 13: Tuberculosis 321Part 4: Health Services and Social DeterminantsChapter 14: Health Policy and the U.S. Health Care System 349Chapter 15: Health Services Research 367Chapter 16: Health Disparities 387Part 5: Forecasting Public HealthChapter 17: Future of Public Health 417Glossary 449Index 507