现代流行病学创始人:威廉·法尔  

The founder of modern epidemiology:William Farr

作　　者：吴俊 钱柳玉 叶冬青[1] 

机构地区：[1]安徽医科大学公共卫生学院流行病与卫生统计学系,安徽合肥230032

出　　处：《中华疾病控制杂志》2018年第2期199-201,共3页Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention

摘　　要：威廉·法尔(William Farr,1807—1883),英国流行病学家,医学统计学的奠基人之一,维多利亚时期公共卫生活动领域的杰出人物。他在英国创造了世界上最好的官方生命统计系统,进一步改进了寿命表法,并提出许多流行病学概念,如标化死亡率、患病率、人年和剂量-反应关系等。这一系列工作不仅使他成为生命统计领域的先驱人物,也为流行病学的定量研究打下坚实的理论基础。William Farr（ 1807 -1883） , an English epidemiologist, was one of the founders of medical statistics, and was a prominent figure in Victorian public health activities. He created the world＇s best official vital statistics system in England, further improved life table method, and proposed many epidemiological concepts, such as the standardized mortality rate,prevalence, person year and dose-response relationship. This series of work not only made him a pioneer in the field of vital statistics, but also laid a solid theoretical foundation for the quantitative research of epidemiology.

关 键 词：生命统计 寿命表 威廉·法尔 

分 类 号：R32[医药卫生—人体解剖和组织胚胎学] R181[医药卫生—基础医学]