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He is the author of Public Health and Human Ecology (1987, 1996) and a Dictionary of Public Health (2006). He edited four editions of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (1980, 1986, 1991, 1998), eponymously known as “Maxcy-Rosenau-Last”; four editions of the Dictionary of Epidemiology (1983, 1988, 1995, 2001); he co-edited the Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine, 3rd edition (2001) and the Encyclopedia of Public Health (2002). He is contributing editor on public health sciences and practice for Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005) and the New Oxford American Dictionary (2001). He was the scientific editor of the Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1981-1991, editor of the Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1990-1998, and interim editor of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1988-89. The Dictionary of Epidemiology has been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi (Iranian), Serbian, Slovakian, Russian and Ukrainian, and is used by epidemiologists throughout the world. Dr. Last led the initiative of the International Epidemiological Association to develop guidelines on ethical conduct of epidemiological research, practice, and teaching, was a member of the Working Group of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences that drafted International Guidelines for Ethical Review of Epidemiological Studies (1991) and has contributed substantially to other national and international discussions about ethical conduct in public health sciences and practice.
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