Definition of Epidemiology. Meaning of Epidemiology. Synonyms of Epidemiology

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Definition of Epidemiology

Epidemiology
Epidemiology Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy, n. [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Meaning of Epidemiology from wikipedia

- Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined...
- Look up epidemiology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and patterns of health-events, health-characteristics...
- Com****tional epidemiology is a multidisciplinary field that uses techniques from computer science, mathematics, geographic information science and public...
- In epidemiology, incidence reflects the number of new cases of a given medical condition in a po****tion within a specified period of time. Incidence proportion...
- Genetic epidemiology is the study of the role of genetic factors in determining health and disease in families and in po****tions, and the interplay of...
- While epidemiology is "the study of the distribution and determinants of states of health in po****tions", social epidemiology is "that branch of epidemiology...
- managerial epidemiology. Several formal definitions have been proposed for managerial epidemiology. These include: The use of epidemiology for designing...
- other factors. Public health is an interdisciplinary field. For example, epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences and management of health services are...
- In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic in a specific po****tion or po****ted place when that infection is constantly present, or maintained...
- In epidemiology, information bias refers to bias arising from measurement error. Information bias is also referred to as observational bias and misclassification...