BRITISH JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE／BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

　The Journal is primarily concerned with the problems of public health and their solution. The field of interest includes studies of the distribution and behaviour of disease in human populations, the definition of the agents responsible for the patterns observed；the consideration of the modifying effect of social or environmental conditions on disease evolution；and the assessment of the health and efficiency of people exposed to various external circumstances. Linked with these subjects is the design of measures intended to control or prevent disease and the field assessment of their value in public health practice.