A Dictionary of Epidemiology (6th edition)

A Dictionary of Epidemiology is now in its sixth edition. It is a corporate production of the International Epidemiological Association. Back in 1983, John Last was the editor, a position he held for the first four editions. The current editor is Miquel Porta, who holds academic positions in Spain and the USA. He is assisted by four associate editors and an assistant, but over 2,000 epidemiologists from many countries have contributed to this edition or the fourth or fifth. The editor provides a preface in which he muses on the nature of dictionaries, changes in (technical) language, the endurance of...