Epidemiology

Epidemiology: Concept and Study

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Epidemiology: Concept and Study

Epidemiology

The epidemiology, concerned with the spread and progression of diseases and their causative factors in the population. In addition to researching the causes of disease epidemiology also explores the possibilities of prevention. The collection of epidemiological data may serve purely descriptive purposes, to compile statistics on mortality, morbidity and other health parameters. Targeted analytical, epidemiological studies also allow statements about whether people are at increased risk of disease if they are probably a harmful exposure or exposed. Increasingly, molecular, genetic studies performed in the epidemiology, for example, to quantify individual differences in ...