E P I D E M I O L O G I S T COOL STEM CAREERS CHAPTER ONE DISEASE HUNTERS 4 CHAPTER TWO PIONEERS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 12 CHAPTER THREE DIGGING FOR ANSWERS 18 CHAPTER FOUR A CAREER AS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST 24 SOME WELL-KNOWN EPIDEMIOLOGISTS 29 GLOSSARY 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 INDEX 32 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 32 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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