Other key features include:

• Provides comprehensive coverage of the key epidemiological indices.
• Includes coverage of various sampling methods, and pointers to where each should be used.
• Includes up-to-date references and recent developments in the field.
• Features many real examples, emphasising the practical nature of the book.
• Each chapter is self-contained, allowing the book to be used as a useful reference source.
• Includes exercises, enabling use as a course text.