期刊介绍：

The 2005 edition of this annual volume consists of 26 contributions reviewing recent developments in epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, public health practice, social environment and behavior, and health services. A significant entry chronicles the rise and fall of menopausal hormone therapy and the results of clinical trials published in the last ten years. Other topics include population disparities in asthma, the terrorist threat to water supplies, the economic causes and consequences of obesity, social marketing in public health, and the impact of nicotine replacement therapy on smoking behavior.