Mostly About Epidemiology

Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller and Jordan Smoller
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Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology
Jordan Smoller: Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Center for Human Genetic Research

Chapter Chapter 4 in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2015, pp 83-132 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Epidemiology may be defined as the study of the distribution of health and disease in groups of people and the study of the factors that influence this distribution. Modern epidemiology also encompasses the evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and the delivery of health-care services. There is a progression in the scientific process (along the dimension of increasing credibility of evidence), from casual observation, to hypothesis formation, to controlled observation, to experimental studies. Figure 4.1 is a schematic representation of the uses of epidemiology. The tools used in this endeavor are in the province of epidemiology and biostatistics. The techniques used in these disciplines enable “medical detectives” to uncover a medical problem, to evaluate the evidence about its causality or etiology, and to evaluate therapeutic interventions to combat the problem.

Keywords: Relative Risk; Systolic Blood Pressure; Diastolic Blood Pressure; Propensity Score; High Blood Pressure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2134-8_4

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