Special section: Landmarks in American Epidemiology, 1929-79

Successful injury control measures (stoplights, sprinkler systems, electrical insulation, evacuation) have long been commonplace. However, progress in injury control has been hampered by the failure to recognize that injuries cannot occur without the...

The benefits to be expected from the adjustment of fluoride levels in drinking water have been studied in great depth, but for the most part only with respect to changes from negligible concentrations to approximately 1.0 ppm. This study makes use of...

Concepts used to analyze sociological, geographic, and economic processes were adapted to an examination of the diffusion of contagious disease. The example used in applying these concepts was an epidemic of variola minor which continued for 12 month...